Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

As soon as these words came out, the entire room was shocked!

The Imperial Jade Seal!

What this object symbolizes is the presence of legitimacy!

It is the supreme imperial power!

It is the Mandate of Heaven!!!

In the Great Han Dynasty, nothing could represent the Son of Heaven's identity more than the Imperial Jade Seal, and successive Han emperors exercised the authority belonging to the Son of Heaven through the Imperial Jade Seal.

Liu Bei's expression turned serious, and he asked urgently. "Zikun, these words cannot be mere speculation. Is there any basis for this?"

"The seals on these imperial edicts appear to be consistent with the seals on the edicts bestowed by the late Emperor, but there are many subtle differences. They are definitely not stamped with the Imperial Jade Seal!"

Li Ji replied with considerable certainty.

Li Ji had read the previous edict of conferring marquis many times when he had nothing to do.

With Li Ji's memory, he could remember almost every detail of the seal on the edict.

【Having received the Mandate from Heaven, may (he) enjoy longevity and eternal prosperity】

And the seals on these newly obtained edicts, although also these eight characters, have obvious differences in the details.

After all, the Imperial Jade Seal is by no means a mass-produced product, and the eight characters 【Having received the Mandate from Heaven, may (he) enjoy longevity and eternal prosperity】 were written by the calligrapher Li Si, and it is by no means possible for ordinary people to replicate the indescribable charm.

Immediately, Li Ji looked at the astonished faces and simply picked up a pen and began to write on a blank piece of silk.

After a while, Li Ji accurately depicted the true appearance of the Imperial Jade Seal's seal in his memory without any difference, and then handed it to Liu Bei, saying.

"This is the seal of the Imperial Jade Seal in Ji's memory. My lord will know when he compares it."

Liu Bei took the silk and looked at it closely with the edict, and the differences between the two immediately became apparent.

Very similar!

But there are many subtle differences!

Especially for people who often use seals in this era, it is easier to detect the discrepancies.

Liu Bei couldn't help but gasp, feeling that his head was about to explode on the spot, and said.

"Could it be that the Imperial Jade Seal is really lost?"

As a member of the Han clan, at this moment Liu Bei even had the feeling that his ancestral grave had been dug up, and his ancestors' coffins had been opened and they were running around the world, not knowing how to find them.

"Most likely!"

Li Ji completely extinguished the last trace of Liu Bei's wishful thinking, and then said.

"Moreover, this can explain why Chen Gong has been slow to negotiate with the lords, and why he continues to promote the growth of local lords at the expense of further weakening the court's authority."

"Perhaps, when Lu Bu blocked the North Palace, the Imperial Jade Seal had already been lost, so during this time, in addition to constantly digging three feet into the ground in the imperial palace to find the Imperial Jade Seal, Chen Gong also needed time to urgently forge a replica."

"Even, Chen Gongtai followed me into the Imperial Garden today, probably because he was worried that I would find the Imperial Jade Seal in the palace."

As soon as the words fell, most of the people present were still unable to fully digest the fact that the Imperial Jade Seal was lost.

Emperor Liu Xie was already an emperor supported by a national traitor. In terms of reason and emotion, his position was not correct. Furthermore, Liu Yu's admission that Liu Bian was the legitimate heir made Emperor Liu Xie's situation quite awkward.

Now, the loss of the Imperial Jade Seal makes Liu Xie's name as the Son of Heaven seem empty.

Li Ji pondered for a moment, tapping his palm with his folding fan, and with his thinking quickly diverging and expanding, he was already considering the chain reaction that this event would trigger, saying.

"It's just that a fake is always a fake!"

"I can still see the problem with the seal on the edict. Yuan Benchu and Yuan Gonglu, as direct descendants of the Yuan family, have probably been exposed to edicts since childhood. Such a crude seal may not be able to hide from the two Yuans for long, and they will probably react soon."

"The Son of Heaven has lost the Jade Seal, and his authority is completely gone. Chen Gongtai knows that it is impossible to suppress the local lords by relying on the little remaining imperial power of the Great Han, so he can only choose to release all local power and take advantage of the situation to intensify the conflicts between the lords."

In this way, some of the confusion remaining in Li Ji's mind could be completely connected.

It was not that Lu Bu or Chen Gong had the courage to overthrow and rebuild the world, but that they had no choice but to do so.

Otherwise, even if Emperor Liu Xie, who did not even have the Imperial Jade Seal, issued an edict to the local lords.

For edicts that were unfavorable to them, the local lords could completely shirk their responsibility with a sentence of "fake edict" without finding any fault.

It can be said that the loss of the Imperial Jade Seal has made Emperor Liu Xie less of a rubber stamp, and merely a mascot.

Guo Jia, who had quickly calmed down, raised the key point, saying. "Then where did the Imperial Jade Seal go? Could it have been taken to Chang'an by the remnants of Dong Thief?"

"No!"

Li Ji first denied this statement, saying.

"Now, the one who controls the Xiliang Army should be Li Ru. With Li Ru's intelligence, he must be clear that this thing is a hot potato for the Xiliang Army. If he really takes this thing away, then it is undoubtedly a way to die."

Originally, the reputation of the Xiliang Army in the entire Great Han was already at rock bottom, and besieging the Xiliang Army was about to become a politically correct part of the agenda.

Under such circumstances, if the Xiliang Army dared to steal the Imperial Jade Seal, it would be almost equivalent to shouting on the world channel: If you are a real man, come and get me! Whoever defeats me and retrieves the Imperial Jade Seal is destined by Heaven!

Not to mention whether the allied lords would immediately turn green with envy and continue to march west to attack the Three Auxiliary Regions.

At least Liu Yan and Liu Biao would definitely come out in full force after learning that the Imperial Jade Seal was in the Three Auxiliary Regions.

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However, Sun Jian pondered for a while. He believed that only the four loyal family generals under his command knew about Zu Mao obtaining the Imperial Jade Seal.

Moreover, at Zu Mao's suggestion, even the personal guards who might have witnessed the Imperial Jade Seal were dealt with by Sun Jian. No one else would possibly know about it. (End of Chapter)