Almighty in the city

"Originally, I was not very interested in this yellow bronze mirror, but after listening to Ye Shao's story, I suddenly became interested in collecting this kind of bronze mirror." Aaron laughed and looked at Ye Xia, “I’ve been obsessed with'Treasure' since I was a child-Shao Ye, I don’t know about the ancient book related to this bronze mirror and'Treasure', can you? Give me a photocopy?"

"If you can, I'll make more copies, I'm also a little interested." Bai Yifan glanced at Aaron and smiled slightly.

Ye Xia suddenly smiled bitterly: "The ancient book was already burned by the dead old man. His old man was worried that the descendants of us would not be able to resist the temptation and went to look for these bronze mirrors, so he simply took the ancient book with him. All the collected information related to that "treasure" has been burned."

After a pause, he said helplessly: "In fact, it is not only the two who are interested. I have also been very interested in these years, but now at home, there is no trace of information related to this bronze mirror. If it’s not the case, I won’t put this bronze mirror out for auction."

"That's really a shame." Aaron showed a disappointed expression, and then re-energized, "However, since I know that there is a'treasure', it is really not my style if I don't look for it. And, , I believe that with our Cape family’s intelligence network all over the world, it shouldn’t be difficult to collect these bronze mirrors."

Seeing his excited expression, Bai Yifan's eyes flashed with a strange look.

Then he looked at Ye Xia: "Ye Shao, I don't know how many sides of this kind of bronze mirror are there?"

"I don't know this." Ye Xia shrugged and said, "However, according to the craftsmen's production habits in the Ming Dynasty, either "use the number of nine" or "perfectly perfect", so I guess there should be nine. Noodles or ten-faces."

"Oh, Ye Shao can be sure that this bronze mirror is the craftsmanship of the Ming Dynasty craftsmen, and not the'tribute' brought back by Zheng He during his voyages to the West?" Bai Yifan asked.

Ye Xia nodded conceitedly: "I still have this eye-and, since it is a'treasure' recorded in our ancient Chinese books, it can't be from a foreign ghost—a foreigner. What do you think, Young Master Bai."

Bai Yifan smiled and nodded. This judgment was inseparable from what he had guessed.

Moreover, at this moment, there is another bolder guess in his heart——

According to historical records, Zheng He's first voyage to the Western Ocean took place in 1405 AD, which happened to be the third year after the battle of Jing Nan (1402 AD), when Ming Chengzu Zhu Di usurped the throne.

In order to consolidate the throne, Zhu Di ransacked Zhu Yunxi’s old ministry and sent Zheng He to the Western Oceans, nominally to promote the prestige of Ming Dynasty and establish diplomatic ties with Western countries, but in fact it was because he suspected that Zhu Yunxi had fled overseas at that time. Zheng He was dispatched and led a huge fleet of 200 fleets to go to the West to search for.

On the one hand, it can allow Western countries to see the great power of Ming Dynasty and play a deterrent effect; on the other hand, if Zhu Yunqi really flees overseas, it can also allow these countries to help arrest.

However, Zheng He was ordered to go to the West seven times, and ultimately he could not find any news related to Zhu Yunsong.

So, where did Zhu Yunzhen escape?

How could his jade seal "Nine-Dragon Emperor's Seal" be hidden in the stone turtle by the Heavenly Master Zhang Deguang, and then town on the edge of the Yellow River?(Friends who have forgotten this episode can go and read the contents of chapters 38 to 45)

Moreover, Zhu Yunshou’s jade seal was not just as simple as the emperor’s jade seal, but it was also his "lifetime treasure"!

In the entire history of China, there are only two jade seals of this kind of "life-giving treasure"——

One is the emperor's seal and celebrity when the first emperor Qin ruled the six kingdoms and established the Great Qin Dynasty. The seal was entwined with dragons. The seal was inscribed by the prime minister Li Si in eight characters, "Destined to heaven, longevity and longevity". The Han Dynasty destroyed the Qin Dynasty, and this Heshibi Emperor's Seal was never found.

And the second one is the sixteen-character Seal of the Nine Dragons engraved by Zhu Yunqi with "Destiny and virtue, showing all directions, mastering one's strength, and eternal prosperity in the universe".

The origin of He Shibi is too old, and when Qin Shihuang "burned books and confessed Confucianism", not only did he burn down the martial arts that was circulating in the Six Kingdoms at that time, but also burned some historical books, and there is no historical data to study Now, the several versions circulating now are all speculations and conjectures of later generations.

However, Zhu Yunqi's Kowloon Emperor's Seal is a historical document with clear records.

There is a clear record in the fourth book of the fourth volume of "History of Ming Dynasty": "In the spring and first moon of the three years, Xinyoushuo, condensed the fate of the gods and treasures, told the heaven and earth ancestral temple, and the imperial palace was congratulated by the court."

It was the first month of the third year of Jianwen (1401). After a year of carving, the "Ningming Shenbao" was finally completed. So a ceremony was held to inform the Tiandi Zongmiao, to inform the whole country, to accept the courtesy of the civil and military officials, and to feast on the 100 officials. At Fengtian Gate.

But why is the completion ceremony of a jade seal so grand?You know, it was already the third year since Zhu Yunqi became the throne. At the moment he became the throne, there was already a jade seal representing the power of the emperor. This Nine Dragon Seal was actually his second emperor jade seal.

This answer is explained in Volume 1 of "Wanli Ye Huo Bian" compiled by Ming scholar Shen Defu——

It turns out that when Zhu Yunqi was the grandson of the emperor, he had dreamed that a man of God would grant a treasure.After the succession, some Western envoys paid tribute to a very beautiful piece of snow mountain sapphire, which was two feet square.

In the second year after he became the emperor, when Zhu Yunqi lived in Qi Palace, he dreamed of the dream he had had, and awakened, so he ordered the craftsmen to carve this jade into a big seal, which is called "the treasure of life."

If this bronze mirror with thorns flowers was really made by the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, and it was related to a certain "treasure", then it might be the "Jianwen Treasure" that has been handed down among the people and related to Zhu Yunqi!

"Could it be that it was on the bank of the Yellow River that the stone turtle once guarded?" Bai Yifan's eyes suddenly narrowed slightly.