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"Good heavens! This is extraordinary!" Tang Wenjun exclaimed, "Even though I don't know much about antiques, I do know that any artifact used by a Tang Dynasty Duke would be invaluable beyond measure! These Fish Tokens are certainly worth far more than any Tang Sancai pottery!"
"Not just that," Cheng Fengxian said with a smile, "Young Master Tang might not know who this Duke Ju really was."
"Who was he?" Tang Wenjun eagerly asked.
"After Li Shimin defeated Liu Wuzhou, he appointed him as Minister of Rites, granted him the position of Chief of the Heavenly Strategy Admiral Mansion, and conferred upon him the title of Duke Ju, with a special one-time pardon from death. He passed away in the first year of Xianqing at the age of seventy-eight. He was posthumously promoted to Senior Grand Councilor with Personal Administration and Governor of Bingzhou, and was given the honorary title of 'Xiang,' and interred at Zhao Ling."
