In ancient China, the emperor who lived in the dragon chair, as long as he moved his fingers slightly, he touched the nerves of many people, and a casual sentence could decide the life and death of many people.
Because he is the most honorable and authoritative person between heaven and earth.
In order to demonstrate the authority of the emperor, reflect the sacredness of imperial power, and strengthen the principle of hierarchy, the traditional society formulated a strict and cumbersome etiquette system.
There are strict standards for what the emperor says, how he does, and what he uses, and if anyone exceeds the etiquette system other than him, he will be severely punished, and even killed.
For example, the emperor's order is the system, the order is the edict, and the court documents issued are the "holy decrees".
After the Qin Emperor unified the world and created the emperor system, after the development of the Han Dynasty, the holy decree became the exclusive domain of the emperor.
The Son of Heaven who sits in the capital relies on holy decrees to convey his will, manage the vast world, and reward and punish his subjects.
To a certain extent, the holy decree represents the emperor, and pays attention to "seeing the edict is like seeing the king".
Those who have watched costume dramas should have the impression that as soon as the holy decree arrives, not only must the main door be opened and the herald official will be welcomed into the main hall, but also the incense case should be placed in the hall to show solemnity.
When the proclamation was announced, all those who were present at the scene, one was counted as one, and they had to hula la and kneel on the ground to listen to the decree, and when the decree was finished, three shouts of long live expressed respect.
Although the film and television dramas may not be completely in line with the rituals at the time, it can also be seen that the people below attach importance to the holy decree and revere the imperial power.
After all, the holy decree is the emperor's golden words, which are linked to the life and death of oneself and the family, and there can be no sloppiness.
So the question is, since the Holy Decree has such great power, and the communication at that time was not developed, can it be possible to forge a Divine Decree to fool and bring benefits to yourself?
Combined with historical data, you can think about such a thing as forging a holy decree, but you must not do it.
Even if you are bold enough to do it, you will find that forging the Divine Decree is not as simple as you think, and it can be said that it cannot be forged at all.
As a thing for the emperor's imperial use, the emperor's representative, the holy decree is ironclad in the choice of production materials.
Depending on the identity of the person to whom the person was ordained, the shaft handle was made of oracle bones, metal, jade, and even horn bones.
These materials are extremely rare, many of them are tributed from all over the world, and the management is very strict, and ordinary people may not see them, let alone use them.
Aside from the shaft handle, don't think that the decree is just a good piece of paper, or a good yellow cloth.
It is a unique special silk brocade fabric made of the best silk in the palace, and it is also composed of different colors such as golden, red, coffee, ochre, orange and yellow according to the different grades of the other party, and is composed of different patterns such as cranes, lions, and cirrus clouds embroidered by Seiko.
And the holy decree is not the size of A3 paper in the TV series, you can hold it with one hand and read it, it is two or three meters or even four or five meters long.
People who don't understand the doorways or don't have any financial and material resources want to make a fake decree is simply whimsical.
If I understand it, and I have money, I can forge it!
Not yet, the emperor you thought of also thought of it, and the imperial court specially has a series of anti-counterfeiting measures and production processes.
Different periods, there are different templates for the fixed format at the beginning.
Take the Ming and Qing dynasties as an example, when the holy decree is read in film and television dramas, it is generally said: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict", these words are correct, but the pronunciation is different, it should be "Fengtian carries the emperor, the edict says".
The edict can also be used for different occasions.
It means that I am the emperor who inherited the way of the world by the order of heaven, and now you must carefully abide by what the edict says.
Among the eight words, the word "Feng" is unique, it is specially embroidered on the edge of the pattern, its embroidery method is confidential, and the small differences in it are only known to specialized craftsmen, and the average person wants to forge it, and the first word is stumped.
Although the decree is the will of the emperor, behind each decree is the participation of many people.
The proposal and discussion of the will, the writing of the will, and the final issuance of the decree, each process is controlled by the person in charge.
In addition to the emperor to stamp the seal of the jade seal, all departments must also draw and sign, if there is any non-compliance in the future, resulting in things not being done well, someone will be implicated, so the person in charge will be cautious.
The people who write the holy decree are generally the most top-notch people in the imperial examination and the highest level of education in China, and the dozens and hundreds of words are not only neat and beautiful, but also the sentences are particularly refined;
And the people who announced the decree were appointed by the emperor to send ministers or internal officials trusted by the emperor to carry out the decree, and these people were not easy to pretend or buy.
If you want to forge a holy decree, you have to deal with a lot of people from top to bottom, and if you don't handle any link well, there is a risk of being exposed, which will lead to serious consequences, so you don't dare to forge the holy decree if you have money.
Therefore, in combination with the above, the extremely high difficulty of imitation, the expensive production cost, and the relevant anti-counterfeiting logos, if there is no means to go through the sky, it is extremely difficult to forge a holy decree to deceive the upper and lower to gain fame and fortune.
Then the problem comes again, most people have never seen the holy decree at all, I just forged a copy to fool the rich people who don't understand the door, is it very feasible?
What do you think about this issue?