As a display and symbol of the power of the ancient Chinese emperors, the Holy Will has absolute majesty, and those who see the Holy Will are like seeing the Emperor, respectfully kneeling on the ground to receive the will. We can often see such a bridge section in costume TV series.
However, the emperor of the mountain is far away, and the ancient traffic is inconvenient, and some people will speculate, if I am in a remote place, wouldn't it be beautiful to use the false holy will to do evil? In fact, experts in this area have shown that it is actually not so easy at all.
First of all, the Holy Will has a strict quality class, one product is a jade shaft, two products are black rhino horn shafts, three products are gold shafts, and four and five products are black bull horn shafts. The materials used to make the sacred will are Ayara fabrics made from very good cannibalization.
In the Qing Dynasty, the Holy Will had a strict hierarchical division, and the larger the official position, the more vivid the color of the Holy Will, and for officials below the five pins, the color appeared very single. If you falsely preach the Holy Will and do not understand the rules, you will be exposed at a glance.
On television, the eunuch reads out the first four words of the holy will, which is often "Fengtian Carrier, Emperor Zhao yue." This sentence comes from a passage in the Spring and Autumn Fanlu Deep Investigation of the Name: "He who is ordained by heaven and is given by providence, so that he who is called the Son of Heaven, also regards heaven as a father, and does things with filial piety."
There are very special fonts on the Holy Will, some of them are written by the emperor himself, some are drafted by Hanlin officials, in the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang era, the "Feng" of the Holy Will, as the first word, is embroidered, and must also be displayed on the first auspicious cloud in the upper right corner.
Originally, the sacred material was very precious, and only the embroidered lady who worked in the palace for a long time could embroider so accurately, so the expert said that as long as you look at the first word on it, how can it be made?
In ancient times, it was even generally written with small seals, and in the Qing Dynasty, it was written in Chinese and Manchu, from right to left, Manchu from left to right, and very cumbersome signatures were engraved on it, so people in the folk were completely incapable of imitating it.
In ancient times, forging the Holy Will was the crime of deceiving the King, and the more serious crime was to think that you had the intention of rebellion and directly connected the Nine Tribes, so this led to no one daring to forge the Holy Will.
Of course, the situation we are discussing now refers to the fact that in the private sector, basically no one will forge it, because it is impossible to achieve it from the technical level. However, in the court, the use of orthodox jade seals, normal sacred materials without the consent of the emperor, tampering with his opinions or directly writing themselves, this kind of thing is not uncommon in ancient China.
This can not be regarded as a forgery of the Holy Will, after all, the materials are all true, so we call it correction, for example, in December of 5 AD, the Hanping Emperor Xue, Wang Mang issued a correction, dedicated to the then empress dowager Wang Zhengjun, in which it was written that the little emperor was young and let Wang Mang temporarily act as the government of the dynasty. Empress Wang could only obey helplessly.
As a result, Wang Mang became a regent by virtue of his will, and he proclaimed himself "regent emperor". There are many more such examples, but they are all materials originally used in the court, so it is impossible to distinguish between true and false, and it is impossible to talk about forgery.
Although the sacred will of the ancient dynasties and generations is generally the same, there are many small details that are different, which reflects the long-standing Chinese culture and is a science worth exploring.