Chapter 522 Imperial Edict

Lu Fei had high hopes for the contents of this box. Seeing that the box was about to be opened, Lu Fei was extremely nervous.

Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, Lu Fei groaned and finally opened the lid of the box.

After waiting for two seconds, there was no hidden weapon coming out, and Lu Fei felt relieved.

Looking inside, Lu Fei, who was full of expectation, felt half-hearted.

The huge box was mostly empty, with only two cloth bags, one large and one small.

But what made Lu Fei somewhat gratified was that these two cloth bags turned out to be Huang Chouzi cloth bags.

In the feudal era, there were only two types of people who dared to use yellow silk to wrap things.

The first type is the royal family, which must be said to be the top figures of the royal family, such as the emperor, crown prince, and the like.

Not even the emperor's biological brothers can use it.

Even if there is, it is a reward from the emperor, otherwise it is a crime of deceiving the emperor.

There is another kind of person that can be used, and that is the rebel thief.

Those who do not take the imperial power seriously are rebels who want to overthrow the imperial court and proclaim themselves king.

This kind of person prides himself on being a noble person, and often behaves more openly than a real emperor.

But this is the Mu family's box and Mu Chun's burial items. There is only one possibility in it, and that is a reward from the emperor.

Lu Fei took out the smaller yellow cloth bag.

Lu Fei became excited the moment he bought it.

Judging from the feel, it is a vertical scroll inside, and judging from the softness, it is still a silk book.

The vertical axis of the silk book wrapped in yellow silk is a bit awesome.

Lu Fei carefully opened the yellow silk bag, and when he saw a corner inside, he suddenly took three steps back and exclaimed.

"Oh my god!"

"Imperial decree?"

"How could it be an imperial edict?"

"How the hell is this possible?"

Seeing Lu Fei's exaggeration, Kong Jiaqi was also shocked.

"Smelly bastard, you want

Dead! "

"Scared me to death!"

"Isn't it an imperial edict?"

"As for no?" Kong Jiaqi said with great contempt.

There are currently quite a few imperial edicts extant in China, and they are collected by major museums. Kong Jiaqi has experienced the imperial edicts more than once.

It's really embarrassing for Lu Fei to make such a fuss.

But Kong Jiaqi didn't know that Lu Fei's heart was already in turmoil.

Lu Fei would never be so rude after discovering the imperial edict elsewhere. The key is that this damn box was found in a tomb.

Buried with an imperial edict, this is simply an anecdote for the ages.

In the feudal era, the imperial edict represented the emperor and imperial power!

If any family receives an imperial edict, they will be invited to the ancestral hall to worship in the morning and evening, which is much more attentive than serving the ancestors.

Don't be careful, if the slightest mistake spreads out, it will be the crime of despising the imperial power and bullying the emperor.

There are countless cases in the past dynasties of people being executed for neglecting imperial edicts.

In that era, on the one hand, the imperial edict was the highest honor; on the other hand, it was a time bomb that could be blown to pieces at any time if you were not careful.

The imperial edict is kept at home, and you don't even dare to touch it. Even if you want to pay homage, you have to go through complicated rituals.

As for secretly taking the imperial edict to be buried with him in the tomb, no one would even dare to think about it.

But Lu Fei saw it with his own eyes today. How could Lu Fei not be shocked?

As for his shock, Lu Fei could never tell Kong Jiaqi.

Seeing Kong Jiaqi's disgusted eyes, Lu Fei smiled awkwardly.

"Miss Kong, you are well-informed and don't care about these things. Young Master, I am the first

I am not allowed to be surprised when I see the imperial edict once? "

"snort!"

"It's so strange, why don't you hurry up and take a look at what's written in the imperial edict?"

Lu Fei calmed down and came to the bed to unfold the imperial edict.

The imperial edict is written on blue and yellow silk, eighty centimeters in length and thirty centimeters in width.

The exterior is made of yellow silk, and there are two symmetrical five-clawed golden dragons embroidered with gold thread on the left and right sides. In the middle of the two golden dragons is the word "imperial edict" above and below. This is a typical Ming Dynasty style.

In the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, the symmetrical double dragons were changed to two dragons playing with beads. This is the key to identifying the first step of the dynasty.

Turning it over and looking inside, there are four words "Feng Tiangaoming" embroidered on the right side, and "Hongwu Three Years" embroidered on the left side.

It begins with "Heaven carries the emperor, the edict says."

This is called an imperial order.

In ancient China, imperial orders were not all called "imperial edicts."

According to the book "China's Imperial Edicts", during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the imperial orders were called "Ming", "Ling" and "Zheng" respectively. It was not until the Song Dynasty that imperial orders began to be commonly referred to as "Imperial Edicts".

The opening words of imperial edicts are not always "The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven, and the edict says", but each dynasty has its own differences.

In the Tang Dynasty, imperial edicts often began with the word "Menxia", because imperial edicts were generally reviewed and issued by the Menxia Province at that time.

For example, the imperial edict of "Su Zong ordered the crown prince to supervise the country's system" begins with: "Under the family, the foundation of the world..." There are also words such as "I Shao Ying Jun Ming" and "I Ying Haotian's Spring Ming" as the opening words. of.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the opening words of imperial edicts often used the eight words "Ying Tian obeys the times, and accepts the Ming Ming" to clarify the emperor's "orthodoxy".

The highest god of the Mongolian people is Changshengtian, so the opening words of imperial edicts during the Yuan Dynasty were always "In the power of Changshengtian, great blessings will protect you, the emperor's decree..."

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The first person to use the eight words "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's edict" as the opening sentence of the imperial edict was Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, the eight words "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's edict" appeared in the imperial edict beginning in the Ming Dynasty.

The imperial edicts of the Tang and Song dynasties in film and television works all begin with these eight characters, which is a big mistake. Don’t be led into the ditch.

According to records in the Ming Dynasty Shen Defu's "Wanli Yehuobian", after Zhu Yuanzhang established his capital in Nanjing, he renamed Jinling "Yingtian Mansion" and the largest Jinluan Hall in the palace as "Fengtian Hall".

In order to demonstrate the legitimacy of his "Emperor", he called himself "Fengtian Fazu" and engraved the four characters "Fengtian Fazu" on the jade guide he held.

Later, in order to find the "theoretical basis" and strong evidence for "Fengtian Chengyun", Zhu Yuanzhang also wrote his own article "Imperial Dreams", in which he vividly described his dream of the Heavenly Palace, meeting the "Three Purities of Taoism", and the purple-robed Taoist Provide plots such as real-person costumes and magic swords.

From then on, Zhu Yuanzhang began to call himself "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict". When he issued the imperial edict again, he used these eight words as his "opening remarks."

Later generations passed down the tradition and formed a fixed form of the opening words of the imperial edict.

And it is worth mentioning that the correct sentence syntax of "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's edict said" should be: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's imperial edict said."

And the way of reading "it's destiny, the emperor decrees it" in current film and television works is also nonsense.

The opening remarks are followed by neat regular script text.

"Since the beginning of the uprising, my son Wenying has been invincible, bravely championed the three armies, and repeatedly performed extraordinary feats."

"Especially in the battle of Longwan, Wenying's contribution to escorting the savior was due to Sheji."

"In this case, Wenying will be granted the title of General of the Kingdom, appointed as the Minister of the Governor's Office, and given the "Ten Dragons" as a reward."

The end is stamped with the square seal of the royal "Treasure of Imperial Order" and the time "Third day of April in the third year of Hongwu."