Chapter 596: The powerful and powerful ministers

When he arrived at Wenjing Pavilion, Chen Ao walked into the pavilion, saluted Zhao Ji, and then knelt honestly without saying anything.

In the past, Zhao Ji asked Chen Ao to sit down and talk, but today he didn't say anything. He ignored him and pretended to be reading a copybook. Chen Ao was a little embarrassed and said aloud: "Your Majesty, I have found something and know that Your Majesty must like it. I will offer it to you and ask Your Majesty to appreciate it."

Zhao Ji snorted coldly and said, "I don't have this interest."

After saying that, he continued to look at the copybooks on the table and continued to ignore Chen Ao.

Chen Aoda was embarrassed and licked his mouth and said nothing.

After a while, Zhao Ji suddenly said, "Take the things to me."

Chen Ao was overjoyed and immediately took out the brocade box, leaned over and opened the brocade box in front of the imperial case, and said with a smile: "Please look at your Majesty."

Zhao Ji pretended to be careless and glanced at Jinbo, pondering: "Heshi Bi?"

Chen Aoheshou: "Your Majesty is indeed very knowledgeable."

Zhao Ji smiled faintly and shook his head, took out a jade seal, stroked the texture of the jade, opened the base of the jade seal, and saw that he was ordered by heaven, and said with a word called "Yongchang" and "This is a treasure that is unborn. How could it be in your hands?"

Heshi Bi was discovered by Bian He, an expert in jade carving, in Jingshan. It was unknown at first, but later it was appreciated by King Wen and was painted into a weapon. It was named Heshi Bi, which became a treasure of the past. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was wandering for several times and finally returned to Qin, and made a jade seal by Qin Shihuang. Later, the jade seal was returned to Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty. After entering the Tang Dynasty, it was unknown where it ended. After many searches, the kings of later generations disappeared. This treasure was absolutely extraordinary.

Zhao Ji played with it carefully, his face became extremely solemn, and he suddenly raised his eyes and said, "It's not Heshi Bi."

Chen Ao smiled lightly and said, "How can Your Majesty see?"

Zhao Ji said: "He Shi Bi is made of Jing jade. The texture of Jing jade is gentle and placed in the palm of the hand, warm but not dry. However, although this jade is fake, it is not as good as the jade quality." Zhao Ji seemed excited to distinguish the authenticity of the jade bi. He continued: "There is also a saying that the seal was introduced to the Sui Palace. After the fall of the Sui Dynasty, Empress Xiao and Emperor Sun Zhengdao of Sui escaped into the northern Turkic Republic with the jade seal. After that, the Tang army entered the Turkic Republic and returned to Empress Xiao and Emperor Sun Zhengdao. The jade seal returned to the Tang Dynasty. Until Shi Jingtang of the Later Jin Dynasty captured Luoyang, the last emperor and concubines of the Later Tang Dynasty were in the palace, and all the imperial objects were also thrown into the fire at the same time. From then on, the He Shi Bi was no longer in sight. After searching for hundreds of years, he had no idea. How could you find it?"

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Your Majesty's eyes are as sharp as a torch. The empress is amazed that this jade is indeed a fake."

Zhao Ji couldn't help but pinched the beard under his jaw with suffocation and said, "I want to fool me even if I take a fake. How could I be fooled?"

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I am dead. However, this jade bi is not a Heshi Bi, but it is also a treasure. In the book of Tang, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin had no jade seal in his country, so he engraved several jade "seals" such as "received treasures" and "decided treasures" to talk about ***. Your Majesty, have you ever remembered this allusion?"

When Zhao Ji's head, Empress Xiao and Emperor Sui escaped into the north of Mobei with seals, there was a considerable period of time when there was no Heshi Bi in the early Tang Dynasty. At that time, Li Yuan, the Emperor Taizu of Tang, did not mind, but in the eyes of Emperor Taizong, it was like a thorn in his throat. So he ordered the craftsmen to fake Heshi Bi and create a treasure for the order. It was only later that the jade seal was taken back from the Turks and all these fakes were discarded.

The real Heshi Bi is indeed priceless, but the several destiny treasures made by Emperor Taizong of Tang are also very precious. Zhao Ji once collected a destiny treasure, but he had never seen the destiny treasure. At this time, he couldn't help but look at the jade seal on his hand and said, "How can I see this being a destiny treasure?"

Chen Ao said: "Your Majesty looked at the seal on the base, and he was ordered by heaven, and whether there was a deposit of ink between the eight characters of Yongchang."

Zhao Ji argued carefully and carefully, and there was indeed red mud in the gap. It was just that time passed too long and it had been mottled and dried up. If he did not argue in detail, he would really not be able to see it.

Chen Ao continued: "The inks in the Tang Dynasty are very different. The most important thing is the ratio of water-adjusted cinnabar. Good inks are red but not impatient, quiet and elegant, delicate and heavy. When printed on calligraphy and painting, the color is fresh and calm, with a three-dimensional sense. The longer the time, the brighter the color. The poor-quality inks will appear dark or shallow when printed, and some oil marks will be leached, making the seal blurry. Your Majesty can tell what you see when you look carefully at the inks?"

Zhao Ji is also a person who is as careful as his hair. At least he can be quite eye-catching when identifying antiques. He carefully deducted a little bit of ink mud from the cracks between the characters, and carefully identified it, saying: "It is indeed the best in ink mud for hundreds of years without rotting it. Only the ones used in the imperial court have such color."

Chen Aohe nodded and said, "That's it. If it's not a treasure for the order, who would use this seal? Since someone uses it, it must be the imperial object of Emperor Tang. If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can ask someone to find the imperial edict from the former Emperor Taizong of Tang to compare it."

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "I'll try it tomorrow. Where did you get this seal?"

Chen Ao said, "The Khitans sent a lot of gifts over. The Weichens sorted them out one by one, but they found this. The Khitans only regarded them as fakes, but they never thought that the fakes were genuine and they gave them a good deal for no reason." After saying that, he smiled and said, "This kind of thing is not something that I can enjoy. After I appraised it, I dare not keep it privately. I immediately submitted it to ask Your Majesty to play with it."

Zhao Jihe nodded and said, "Although it is a fake, it is also an authentic work. You are right."

This conversation gradually diluted Zhao Ji's anger just now. When Zhao Ji called the mandatory treasure to the inner treasury, he remembered Chen Ao's previous record. At this time, he wanted to raise his face and scold him a few words, but when he thought that he had just sent something, he didn't hit the smiley man. In addition, he had to shake his head and smile bitterly: "Yesterday, *** took people to Cai's mansion, which was so nonsense."

Just looking at Zhao Ji's expression, Chen Ao knew that the storm had been suppressed, and immediately called out: "Your Majesty, I am going to congratulate the Cai Mansion. I was afraid that there would be no fun there, so I specially invited many friends and subordinates to join me to add some glory to the Cai Mansion. Who knew that it would be like that later, and Cai Lun..." Chen Ao sighed and said: "His temper is really bad. Your Majesty didn't see his appearance at that time. He was a good bride, punching and kicking, which was not enough, and he wanted to continue to commit crimes. Seeing that he was hitting too fiercely, Wei Chen helped him, and regarded the bride as his pampered sister, and gently hit Cai Lun a few times."

What is a close minister? This is a close minister. A close minister is a minister who can hand to the emperor anytime and anywhere, and the emperor will believe in it. Chen Ao's explanation avoids the important point and emphasizes Cai Lun. Cai Lun was not very good in Zhao Ji's mind. He heard that he was so violent, and he couldn't help but frown. Chen Ao said that he hit Cai Lun a few times, as if he gently pinched his finger into an orchid shape and flicked it twice on Cai Lun's head.

Zhao Ji said: "Then why did Cai Lun report it and was beaten half dead?"

Chen Ao said solemnly: "Your Majesty, you just need to do it a few times, but the mistake is that Cai Lun actually fought back. The captain of the martial arts school could not stand it, so he took action."

Zhao Ji said indifferently: "No matter what, it is your fault. Cai Lun needs to comfort him. This Cai Lun is indeed not a good person, but now he has been seriously injured, so he will not be investigated. As for you, just keep your door closed..." Zhao Ji wanted to think about his mistakes behind closed doors, but then he thought that the Martial Arts School was going to recruit a new lieutenant, and the Honglu Temple was also a mess, and the navy was in trouble. He asked him to think about his mistakes behind closed doors, but it was a good deal for him. Thank you for your hard work, immediately changed his words: "Forget it, I don't care about this matter anymore. Let's see what the Grand Master means. And the Queen Mother, you must remember to apologize."

When Chen Ao responded, Zhao Ji suddenly said, "I ask you, if the Jin army used the Western Xia to attack the three sides of our western border of the Song Dynasty, could the Song army resist?"

Suddenly, Chen Ao had to take this sentence carefully, pondered for a while, and said, "No."

Zhao Ji said a little dissatisfied: "How can I see it?"

Chen Ao said: "The infantry is good at defending, and the cavalry is the main attack. The Song Dynasty has many infantry but few cavalry, and the Jin army is all men who ride horses and control strings. If it attacks, there is no terrain barrier along the northwest border to Bianjing. Who can stop his sharp edge? Besides, the Khitans are already afraid of being beaten. The strength of the Jin army is unexpectedly terrible. If there are no 300,000 soldiers who can fight well, 50,000 elite cavalry, and then use the boat army as a supplement to help the sea to restrain them. The ministers think that if they want to fight to the death with the Jin army, they are afraid that they will use eggs to strike stones."

Zhao Ji frowned and nodded with a serious expression.

Chen Ao continued: "What's more, even if the Jin army cannot win completely, the war will be extremely destructive. When the Jin people go deeper, they will only become stronger and stronger, while our Song Dynasty will become weaker and weaker."

This principle is also the reason why the court officials opposed the war at this time. When nomadic peoples fight, they will plunder it. Even if they do not invade your land and make you rely on the city to hold on, many prefectures and villages in the wild are attacked by them, which will greatly damage production. The Jin people did not do production at all, and only made a living by plundering. In the end, who took advantage is obvious.

Zhao Ji said: "Since that's the case, then the princess of Xixia will never let the Jin people get what they want. You retreat, I'll think about it again."

Chen Ao was in charge of the Honglu Temple. Last time, Zhao Ji and the Empress Dowager were confused and paid attention to the marriage of the princess in Xixia. However, it is better not to express opinions at this time. There are only a few unmarried princes, and no one wants to marry the princess of Xixia. Besides, if they are used to compete with the Jin princes, most of them do not have the ability to nominate anyone on the road. No one can do this for the time being. This sucker cannot be done for the time being. Zhao Ji has to be given a draft first and then add fuel to the fire.

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Chapter completed!