Chapter 159 The Imperial Seal of the State is Lost? Ancestor: Don't panic, I'll make a replica for you!
"Alright, let's put these sweet troubles aside for now." Commander Zhang smiled and gestured for everyone to return to the conference room: "Now, it's time to hear Comrade Xiao Jue's report."
All eyes instantly focused on Zhou Jue. The excitement from before hadn't subsided, and now the topic that everyone was most interested in was being brought up again.
Great Qin!
First Emperor!
That is a memory and pride etched into the bones of every Chinese person.
Zhou Jue cleared his throat and stood up: "Reporting to the commander, the mission to Qin has been completed."
She didn't beat around the bush and began her report concisely.
"The basic theories and technologies of cement, explosives, papermaking, and movable type printing have all been delivered. The Shennong Division has been established, and high-yield crops such as taro and sweet potato have been successfully planted and harvested. The first batch of seeds has begun to be distributed throughout the country."
"In the legal field, Li Si and Zhang Liang are working together to compile a new Qin law."
"In terms of talent, Han Xin, Xiao He, Chen Ping, Cao Can, and others have entered the court as officials, Xiang Yu has been sent to the north to guard the border, and Liu Bang and Lü Zhi jointly govern Pei County..."
"The world map prepared by the state has been handed over to the First Emperor."
"Our ancestor has already embarked on the path of cultivation; barring any unforeseen circumstances, living for two hundred years shouldn't be a problem!"
......
Zhou Jue's report was very brief, almost just an outline.
But who are all these people? Every name, every action, exploded in their hearts like a bombshell!
Did Li Si and Zhang Liang join forces to revise the laws? What kind of Qin laws would emerge from the clash between Legalism and Huang-Lao thought?
Han Xin was personally instructed by Meng Tian and Wang Ben? The military genius received the empire's top military education more than a decade ahead of time. What a glorious scene that must have been!
Xiang Yu guarded the border, Liu Bang governed the counties, and even the First Emperor sought immortality...
This fundamentally reversed the course of history, setting it on a completely new path full of infinite possibilities!
After the report ended, the meeting room was quiet for a few seconds before erupting into even more heated discussions.
"Well done!"
"This is not just a good start, it's like putting the Qin Dynasty with an engine for takeoff!"
Seeing everyone's excitement, Zhou Jue chuckled and said, "Words are no proof; I've also brought back detailed video footage."
One sentence silenced the entire conference room instantly. Video footage? Everyone held their breath.
The next second, Chen Jianguo practically pounced on the control panel and, following Zhou Jue's instructions, projected the video stored in the drone onto the main screen.
The screen lights up.
The camera slowly descends from the sky, passing over the majestic Xianyang Palace, and finally focuses on the fields of the West Garden.
A figure dressed in ordinary clothes, yet still exuding an imposing aura, appeared in the center of the image.
It's him!
Although it was just a silhouette, the aura of a ruler dominating the world rushed towards us, transcending more than two thousand years!
"The First Emperor..."
An elderly history professor with white hair stood up shakily, his cloudy eyes filled with disbelief and shock.
In the scene, Ying Zheng personally went down into the ground and dug out the first taro plant.
When that large bunch of golden fruit was lifted from the soil, when Ying Zheng laughed wildly to the sky, when all the officials and ministers disregarded their status and rushed into the fields to frantically dig at the soil...
Everyone in the conference room was stunned.
They felt as if they were there, experiencing the ecstasy that was enough to shake history!
The vast land of Qin, every inch of it, every scene, was swept over.
The video ends with Zhou Jue and Ying Zheng bidding farewell at Zhangtai Palace.
When Zhou Jue relayed those words from his descendants more than two thousand years later, when the First Emperor in the scene suddenly turned his head, a single tear rolling down his resolute face...
Suppressed sobs could be heard in the conference room.
"He heard it...he heard it!"
yes.
That emperor, who bore the infamy of a thousand years, finally heard the most sincere respect and gratitude from his descendants on that distant, lonely night.
What could be more comforting than this?
After the video finished playing, the atmosphere in the conference room changed from excitement to profound solemnity and emotion.
After everyone calmed down a bit, Zhou Jue scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.
"Well... besides these, I also smuggled in some personal stuff."
As she spoke, she brought up several photos.
The first picture is a photo of her and a chubby-faced young man, both of them laughing carefree.
"This is Han Xin when he was twelve years old. I took this picture when I secretly went to his village and tricked him into coming out."
"puff……"
The crowd, who had just been moved, were suddenly amused.
The photos scrolled by one by one.
There are instances of her arguing with Meng Tian and Wang Ben in front of the sand table.
She, Xiao He, and Zhang Liang were organizing the bamboo slips.
There's even a photo she secretly snapped: Li Si arguing and glaring at an official from the Court of Justice over a question.
These legendary figures appear so vivid and real in the photographs.
The last photo is a picture of her and Ying Zheng.
Before the window of Zhangtai Palace, against the backdrop of the bright Qin moon, Ying Zheng stood with his hands behind his back, but turned his head to look at the camera, his eyes filled with a hint of inquiry and majesty. Zhou Jue stood beside him, making a peace sign.
Even Commander Zhang couldn't help but laugh and scold, "You little brat, you're too bold!"
Taking a photo with the greatest emperor in Chinese history and even making a peace sign? Only she would do something like that!
Zhou Jue chuckled, put away the photo, and his expression suddenly became somewhat mysterious.
"Besides these, I also took care of some small favors."
She took out several items from the star-shaped box she carried with her.
Several stone slabs and several bronze artifacts were covered with crooked and twisted seal script.
“This is…” A leading figure in the field of archaeology came over and carefully examined it with his reading glasses.
"This...this says that the Jizi Bangzi and the cherry blossoms of Japan have presented a map to the Great Qin and pledged allegiance, becoming its eternal vassals?"
Even the old master's voice changed.
This...this part doesn't exist in history!
“Hehe.” Zhou Jue explained, “I figured I had nothing better to do, so I went next door and used their stones and copper, and found a craftsman from the Qin Dynasty to carve these ‘national documents’ in the style of the inscriptions on metal and stone at that time.”
“I buried part of it in the place where they are most likely to find ancient relics now, according to the laws of geological change.”
"Some of them are buried in Changbai Mountain and coastal areas within our country."
"I brought this last part back with me."
Zhou Jue shrugged.
"The history of the Qin Dynasty took a different turn the moment I arrived. I don't know if those buried things will ever be discovered in our timeline. So I might as well make several preparations."
"These items we brought back are all made of materials from the Qin Dynasty, but... they're not very old. I don't know if they'll be of any use as 'newly unearthed' artifacts."
The entire conference room was deathly silent. Everyone was looking at Zhou Jue with the kind of disbelief one would expect.
You can play it like this?!
Make history by doing it yourself?!
Chen Jianguo's lips twitched uncontrollably. He could already imagine the wonderful expressions his two neighbors would have when these things were announced to the world as "the latest archaeological discoveries."
At that point, will they acknowledge it or not?
To acknowledge this is tantamount to admitting that one has been a vassal state since ancient times.
You don't acknowledge it?
Excuse me, but we have unearthed artifacts to prove it! If you can't dig it up over there, it must be because your archaeological work is inadequate, or... your ancestors felt ashamed and hid it away?
This is simply...heartbreaking!
"You...you..." Chief Zhang pointed at Zhou Jue, and after a long while, shook his head with a wry smile: "What a clever little devil!"
This is no longer a surprise; it's preparing to give someone a fright.
"Okay, one last one."
Zhou Jue's expression was more solemn than ever before.
She took a deep breath and, from the deepest part of the Starry Sky Box, took out a box made of Phoebe zhennan wood, carved with intricate dragon patterns.
As soon as the box appeared, an indescribable sense of weight and majesty spread out.
"This is……"
Everyone's heart was in their throat.
Zhou Jue didn't say anything, but carefully opened the box.
A flawless piece of white jade, warm and lustrous, with a dragon coiled around its knob, lies quietly on bright yellow silk.
On the base of the jade seal are eight seal characters, written with strong and elegant strokes, exuding a majestic and awe-inspiring aura!
By the mandate of Heaven, may your life be long and prosperous!
"The Imperial Seal of the State!"
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