Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 425: Seal Debate Conference
Dong Zhan was not worried that the Song Dynasty would break up with him. He wanted to let the Song Dynasty know that he was not so easy to control, and also wanted to change the Song Dynasty's attitude towards him.

Before the Western Xia attacked the plateau, the Song Dynasty remained indifferent, and Dong Jian must have been angry.

The Zuosiluo tribe had no initiative facing the Song Dynasty, but now Dong Zhen occupied Hehuang, and Hehuang was very important to the Song Dynasty, so the relationship between the two was a bit reversed.

The Song Dynasty was worried that Dong Chen would defect to Western Xia, so it had to provide various benefits to appease Dong Chen.

All of this is Zhao Xing's speculation, and it is not certain whether it is true or not.

Zhao Xing laughed at himself: "I am blind!"

It takes a lot of courage for a person to come all the way to the Song Dynasty when he has powerful enemies outside and has just come to power. How can such a person be simple?

Zhao Xing didn't think much about it before, he just thought that Dong Jian had to come because he was in a desperate situation.

At this moment, Zhao Xing suddenly reacted and realized that even in a desperate situation, being able to make such a decision was a manifestation of wisdom and courage.

"But what can you do even if you are capable?"

Zhao Xing smiled slightly. No matter how capable Dong Jian was, Hehuang was only a small territory with a small population, and it was not even comparable to Western Xia.

Of course, there is a possibility that Dong Zhan would defect to Western Xia, but this possibility is very small.

As long as the Song Dynasty gave him a little benefit, Dong Zhan would not have been condemned and defected to Western Xia.

Therefore, Zhao Xing was not very worried about this.

After pondering for a while, Zhao Xing wrote a letter back to Wang Shao, asking him and Gu Tingye to return to Beijing.

Dong Jian has already entered Hehuang. It is unlikely that Western Xia will send troops at this time. Even if it does, it will not be able to destroy the Zuosilo tribe in a short time.

Calling Gu Tingye and others back at this time will not affect the overall situation.

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In early December, heavy snow fell for several consecutive days, and the entire city of Bianjing was covered in silver, giving people a unique sense of beauty.

On this day, envoys from the Liao Kingdom, Western Xia and Dali who had been sent to participate in the Seal Debate Conference had all arrived in Bian Jing.

Zhao Xing had previously issued an edict to summon great scholars from all over the world to the capital. The more famous literati of the Song Dynasty had already arrived in Bianliang before the envoys from various countries arrived.

After the envoys from various countries arrived, Zhao Xing, who could not wait any longer, held a seal debate conference in the Daqing Hall the next day.

Inside the Daqing Hall, all the court officials, envoys from various countries, and nearly a hundred great scholars gathered together.

Even the huge hall seemed crowded.

After everyone paid their respects, Zhao Xinglang said in a loud voice: "Qin Shi Huang conquered the six kingdoms and unified the world, and built a jade seal. This jade seal was used by all subsequent dynasties, so it is also called the Imperial Seal! However, according to legend, when the Later Tang Dynasty fell, the Imperial Seal was burned with it by the emperor in the back hall.

By chance, I got a jade seal that is very similar to the legendary imperial seal. That’s why I summoned all the great scholars in the world to the capital to argue whether this jade seal is real or fake! "

As soon as Zhao Xing finished speaking, the Liao envoy stepped out and said, "As everyone knows, the imperial seal is in the hands of the Liao Dynasty. It's just that the claim that the seal is legitimate is too absurd, so the Liao Dynasty didn't take it seriously and didn't use it. Needless to say, the seal that the Emperor Song got is fake!"

"Your Excellency said that the jade seal our emperor obtained was fake, and the real one was in the hands of the Liao Kingdom. But if that's the case, why didn't the Liao Kingdom dare to show the jade seal to others?" Han Zhang retorted.

"Didn't I just say that it's a joke for a dead object to represent orthodoxy? Since ancient times, when dynasties changed, who was the first to get the jade seal and then rise up to conquer the world?" said the Liao envoy.

"Yes, the jade seal has disappeared for so many years, but doesn't the Song Dynasty still occupy the Central Plains? So what's the point of arguing whether the jade seal is real or not? If only the jade seal is considered orthodox, then aren't the emperors before the Song Dynasty all unorthodox?" the Western Xia envoy agreed.

Neither the Liao Kingdom nor the Western Xia would like the Song Dynasty to really get the imperial seal. But the Song Dynasty dared to make such a big scene, so it must have made some preparations. Even if it was not real, the Song Dynasty might take this opportunity to say that the imperial seal was real.

Therefore, before the jade seal was taken out, the envoys from Liao and Western Xia tacitly denied the significance of the jade seal.

"What the two envoys said is wrong. Although the imperial seal cannot represent orthodoxy, it is also a symbol of our Han Dynasty. Its authenticity naturally has meaning!" Kong Lingqiu said.

Kong Lingqiu is the head of the contemporary Kong family. Since the abolition of all schools of thought and the promotion of Confucianism as the only one, Confucius has been deified.

It is said that there are no more aristocratic families after the Tang Dynasty, but this is actually not true.

The Kong family is a noble family that has always existed.

The emperors of every dynasty would reward the Kong family, even those established by foreign races.

Later, there was even a situation where the three kingdoms of Mongolia, Jin and Song each conferred a Yansheng Duke.

The Imperial College in every dynasty almost always became the territory of the Kong family.

Therefore, the Kong family had a very high status among the literati.

The envoys from Liao and Western Xia were all Han people. Although they were loyal to Liao and Western Xia, they did not dare to openly refute Kong Lingqiu's words.

After all, they still read the books of sages, and the literati of Liao and Western Xia still worshipped Confucius.

"Minister Kong is right. The imperial seal cannot represent legitimacy, but it has great symbolic significance to the Han Dynasty. That's why I summoned so many people to debate the authenticity of the seal."

Zhao Xing smiled slightly, looked at the Liaoxia envoys and said, "I heard that you two are also Han people, but you have been in the land of barbarians for a long time, so it is understandable that you don't know the symbolic meaning of the jade seal to the Han people."

The envoys from Liao and Western Xia looked unhappy upon hearing this. Zhao Xing almost scolded them for being ungrateful to their ancestors.

Zhao Xing ignored them and said to everyone, "I don't know what the jade seal looks like, so I can't tell whether it's real or fake. That's why I asked you all to come here. Come on, let me show you the jade seal!"

"Yes!"

Sanshui responded and came to Kong Lingqiu holding a tray with a wooden box containing the imperial seal upside down on it.

Kong Lingqiu bowed to Zhao Xing before opening the wooden box and carefully taking out the jade seal to look at it.

He looked at it very carefully and it took him nearly an incense stick of time to put down the seal.

Then, the great scholars read it one by one, frowned and thought hard, without saying a word.

Finally, it was the turn of a few envoys.

When Sanshui returned to Zhao Xing with the jade seal, before Zhao Xing could speak, the Liao envoy bowed and said, "Emperor Song, you don't need to look closely at this jade seal to know it is a fake."

"What's the basis?" Zhao Xing said indifferently.

"According to ancient records, the jade seal was carved from the Heshi Bi, and there are also some records about the Heshi Bi, which is white jade. But this jade seal is black jade, so it naturally cannot be real. However, other aspects of this jade seal are the same as recorded, and it can be seen that the person who made it took great care. Unfortunately, the maker overlooked such an important detail." The Liao envoy smiled.

His last sentence was actually a mockery of Zhao Xing for fraud, but he even ignored such a simple detail.

Originally, he was worried that Zhao Xing would really make a jade seal that was consistent with the records in every aspect.

No one has ever seen the imperial seal, so it is difficult to determine its authenticity.

(End of this chapter)