Melon seeds are often seen by everyone, but golden melon seeds are the royal gifts of ancient emperors. No matter which minister or concubine can get the golden melon seeds rewarded by the emperor, it is a very honorable thing, which can arouse the envy and jealousy of others.
Golden melon seeds, as the name suggests, is the appearance of melon seeds made of gold. But the golden melon seeds are not made from a fixed mold as we think. The golden melon seeds are essentially smelted from the broken gold left over from the smelting of gold, have no fixed weight, no fixed shape, and do not circulate in the market as real gold, which is generally obtained by the emperor's reward, which is a symbol of honor.
Whether in modern times or in ancient times, the value of gold was very high, belonging to hard currency. Just as the so-called money can make the ghosts grind, with money everything is easy to do, so the golden melon seeds given by the emperor are also very precious. But in fact, the meaning of golden melon seeds cannot be understood in this way, and golden melon seeds cannot be used to really buy things.
This is something that the emperor has given, and it is not allowed to circulate in the market, and there is no way. It is not only measurable in money, but also an honor, a grace that the emperor rewards.
Ancient emperors had three palaces and six courtyards, three thousand harem beauties, and the competition between concubines was extremely fierce, and they were unscrupulous in order to gain the favor of the emperor.
The emperor's attitude toward the concubines determined their fate, and in the harem where people were eaten, an unfavored concubine, even a slave, could step on two feet, and had a very miserable life. Even a bowl of porridge, a pastry, a gift from the emperor means the supreme glory that the emperor has given you. Something like the emperor that can reward the golden melon seeds is even more of a great grace for those concubines who compete for favors.
In ancient times, the emperor was the most powerful. We can learn from the history books and TV series that the emperor is the honor of the world, and no matter who it is, he must bow down to the emperor. What the emperor rewards has long exceeded its value itself, and is more of a symbol, symbolizing the royal favor for the individual, which is a grace given to him.
In ancient times, everyone wanted to please the emperor, and it is not an exaggeration to say that gaining the emperor's trust can completely change their fate. Just by virtue of the emperor's favor, you can move smoothly. Whether they were eunuchs or courtiers in the history books, the fundamental reason why they were able to crumble the imperial court was because of the emperor's trust and preference for them. It was the emperor who gave them the right to influence the imperial court, and in the hearts of the people, the emperor was the heavens, the 95th emperor. Therefore, it was a great honor to be rewarded by the emperor.
The emperor rewarded the golden melon seeds in front of everyone, not only for money, but more importantly, for the face of the concubine in front of everyone. In ancient times, imperial gifts, whether good or bad, should be their honor, let alone valuable golden melon seeds? Of course, the golden melon seeds given by the emperor will not circulate in the market, and the reason is because the number of golden melon seeds is very rare, and there is no way to accurately estimate the market value of golden melon seeds.
Golden melon seeds have a very large collection value in ancient times, even if they cannot be used as circulation in the market, but they are also very expensive. What's more, the emperor's reward will not be like the TV drama, the reward will be grabbed at a time, and more often the reward is one or two at a time. The rarity of golden melon seeds made even the emperor unable to splurge at will. Things are more expensive than rare, which makes the value of golden melon seeds more valuable.
With the evolution of the times, golden melon seeds have become more valuable and rarer in the long river of history. By the time of the Qing Dynasty, the golden melon seed had become a unique imperial gift of the emperor, and even so, the emperor would not often use it to reward the ministers and concubines, but more to replace it with silver.
Silver can circulate in the market, it belongs to the real money that can be used, and more often, the ministers are more willing to reward themselves with real money and silver with the emperor, which is a substantial reward. If you replace it with golden melon seeds, the number is not only very small, but also cannot be circulated on the market at all, and can only be stored at home. Essentially, it's useless.
Just like Zhang Tingyu, a noble minister of the Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng even made him an official to the rank of knight, and the last time he was silver, he did not give him a reward of golden melon seeds. Historical development to the present, the golden melon seed has long disappeared from people's vision, no longer has real use value, more of a collection value. And the favor that originally symbolized the emperor also disappeared into the long river of history with the changes of the times