The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Emperor Hongzhi was even more furious. He had already issued an order to hand over the collapsed house in the northwest to Yan Chengjin, but Zhou Yu dared to disobey the order.

So he ordered the Jinyiwei to take Zhou Yu back to the palace. Before leaving, Zhou Yu said, "I bought the sugar square. I will send the silver to you in a while."

"I like to do business with people like you who are honest." Yan Chengjin said.

Emperor Hongzhi turned around and said, "Yan Chengjin, you also follow me into the palace!"

The gentry were silent. Yan Chengjin whispered to Zhang Xian, "The official sale will continue. It must be sold for 200,000 taels."

The design drawings of the treasure ship can be sold for at least 100,000 taels of silver.

Although the gentry could not build the ship themselves, they could sell it to the French. The French had plenty of silver, and their shipbuilding technology was far inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty.

Even if the drawings were given to them, they could not build it.

This design drawing is the original version of the eunuch Sanbao. Many words are blurred and can't be seen at all.

Fengtian Hall,

Emperor Hongzhi put on the dragon robe and sat upright: "How much bribes did you receive in the northwest?"

"Not much, all used to build the collapsed house, Your Majesty, I really didn't know it was the Qin seal." Zhou Yu was afraid of being beaten in the court, so he begged.

Yan Chengjin pleaded for him: "I think Changning Bo really didn't know, otherwise, how dare he sell it in public."

Zhou Yu cast a grateful look at Yan Chengjin.

What made Emperor Hongzhi angry was that Changning Bo left Beijing without authorization and went to the northwest to extort money from the people by relying on his status as a relative.

For a long time, relatives of the emperor have been extremely difficult to control. The relatives of the emperor in the previous dynasty, Wan Xi and Wantong, went to Guangdong to make large purchases but did not give money. How many merchants were ruined, Emperor Hongzhi still remembered it, and he couldn't repeat the same mistake.

"I'll forgive you this time, but if you do it again, I won't forgive you. I promised the collapsed house in the northwest to Yan Qing's family. You still dare to disobey my will. I think you'll even give up your life for the silver!"

You want both silver and life!

Zhou Yu listened to the reprimand of Emperor Hongzhi and didn't dare to refute. According to his majesty's habit, he would calm down after venting his anger.

After Emperor Hongzhi finished his lecture, he raised his head slightly: "Your Majesty, can I take my leave?"

The recipe for white sugar has not been obtained yet. If it's too late, it may be taken away by the Zhang brothers.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "The collapsed houses in the northwest will all belong to the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce."

Behind the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce is the Liangxiang government. Zhang Xian is upright and more trustworthy than Zhou Yu in the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi.

The Silk Road in the northwest is far away from the emperor and the court is out of reach.

In this way, a fair mechanism is needed. Only when it is handed over to Zhang Xian can he feel at ease.

After accepting the offer, Yan Chengjin was secretly happy: "Your Majesty is wise!"

This kid got a great bargain, Zhou Yu didn't feel much pain, the majority of the money spent was from the gentry in the northwest.

After leaving the palace, he hurried to Liangxiang again. He heard that the manufacturing process of the shuttle was also for sale, so he didn't want it to be robbed.

After Zhou Yu left, Emperor Hongzhi looked carefully and said: "Can you identify the authenticity of this Qin seal?"

It is rumored that a real jade seal appeared during the Hongzhi period, but it was mistakenly believed to be a fake seal by Emperor Hongzhi.

It should be this one.

The exploration and mining technology of the Ming Dynasty was not developed, and it was difficult to see such a large piece of jade. Only a fool would make it into a jade seal.

If someone forged a seal to rebel, he should have kept it and waited until the time was right before taking it out. How could he present it to the Earl of Changning?

And so far, there has been no discussion about the jade seal in the market.

The most important thing is that this jade seal comes from Shaanxi!

After careful consideration, Yan Chengjin concluded that this was a real seal.

Xiao Jing held the brocade plate and brought down the jade seal. Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others looked at it carefully.

"The base of this jade seal is four inches, the sitting beast is five dragons, and the engraved characters are seal characters, which are consistent with the Qin seal recorded in the book."

"It's just that this is new and old... I know very little about antiques, so I dare not make a definite statement."

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang said one after another.

Emperor Hongzhi placed his hopes on Zeng Jian: "Does the Ministry of Works have a way to identify it?"

Zeng Jian looked at the jade seal and shook his head and said: "The Ministry of Works is good at supervising production, but knows very little about jade."

Emperor Hongzhi and the ministers fell into deep thought.

Yan Chengjin said: "Your Majesty, please ask the most famous jade craftsman in the capital to tell at a glance."

The identification method of later generations is to tie hair to a stone.

This method is pure nonsense, because it can't be burned even if it is tied to a fake jade.

Emperor Hongzhi was somewhat doubtful: "Can the jade craftsmen in the market be trusted?"

"The craftsmen in the market have little education and may not know that it is a jade seal, but they can determine the authenticity of the jade and its dynasty.

If it is identified as real jade and is from the Qin Dynasty, there is no need to ask more questions to determine that it is a Qin seal."

The jade seal is a thing of the court. The people may not know what it looks like, but the jade craftsmen can tell the dynasty of the jade.

A moment later, Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jian and others all appeared in Yan's mansion.

Emperor Hongzhi and Li Dongyang have been to Yan's mansion, but Liu Jian and Han Wen and others came for the first time. The two looked around and were amazed.

Liu Jian sighed: "Has Lord Yan always lived in this small and dilapidated courtyard?"

Emperor Hongzhi was interested: "Mr. Yan's family is very upright!"

Your Majesty knew that there was another courtyard behind, but he still praised him so much. It seems... he was sincere.

Yan Chengjin had a worried face.

In order to prevent the craftsmen from recognizing that it was the imperial seal, he advised to identify it outside the palace, and Emperor Hongzhi chose his mansion.

Yan Chengjin said: "The mansion is poor, please do as you please. Please be careful when you sit down. The furniture has been in disrepair for a long time. It doesn't matter if you sit on it, but I'm afraid you will break it."

In the main hall, there are two new chairs, which are usually used by the father and son of the Yan family.

At this moment, Emperor Hongzhi sat on one chair and Yan Chengjin sat on the other.

Liu Jian and others snorted in dissatisfaction and sat down one after another.

"When will the craftsman come?" Emperor Hongzhi asked.

"I have sent someone to invite him." He sent He Neng to go when he left the palace just now.

At this time, outside the mansion.

He Neng led the famous old jade craftsman in Xicheng back to the mansion and carefully reminded him: "When you meet the masters later, no matter which dynasty the jade comes from, you just say it is from the Qin Dynasty."

The old jade craftsman said unhappily: "Aren't you asking me to lie? I won't go!"

He Neng took out a hundred taels of silver from his arms and stuffed it into his hand.

The old jade craftsman's eyes lit up. He took the silver and weighed it, and said happily: "You are right, it is from the Qin Dynasty!"

After repeated instructions, He Neng led the old jade craftsman into the mansion, "Young Master, gentlemen, the person has been brought back."

Emperor Hongzhi took out the jade seal, and Xiao Jing presented it to the old jade craftsman.

The old jade craftsman touched the jade body, looking like he was enjoying it.

Then, he took out a magnifying glass and looked at the jade for a long time.

Emperor Hongzhi stepped forward and asked: "Old sir, which dynasty is this jade from?"

The old jade craftsman looked at the magnifying glass and said in amazement: "Don't lie, this is the jade from the Qin Dynasty!"

What does "don't lie" mean? !

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Yan Chengjin with a meaningful look. Is this old jade craftsman reliable?

Yan Chengjin said: "The old gentleman is a famous jade craftsman in Xicheng. He said it was from the Qin Dynasty, so it must be the jade from the Qin Dynasty."

Emperor Hongzhi was quite excited. The Tang Dynasty had been looking for this jade seal for more than 200 years, and the Song Dynasty had been looking for it for more than 300 years.

Emperor Gao and Emperor Wen spent their entire lives looking for this jade, but they didn't find it.

The jade seal carved by myself is not legitimate.

The Qin seal has been passed down for several dynasties. Only by getting this jade seal can one truly be called the one chosen by God!