The Holy Will is the order or speech of the emperor in the feudal dynasty, and many experts today can also understand the history of the time through the study of the Holy Will, which is of great value, the material of the Holy Will is also very elaborate, it is difficult to forge, and there are many differences in the Holy Will from dynasty to dynasty.
The holy will is basically divided into the order and the commandment, the commandment is generally issued to the officials below the five products of the single color of the holy will, the commandment is issued to the officials of the five products or above the colorful holy will, the five products above the holy will is divided into three colors, five colors and seven colors, etc., the material used in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is basically "Jiangning weaving" for the imperial palace to issue the holy will and weave the jacquard brocade.
In 1998, Zhang Zhenhua, a farmer in Shaanxi Province, left because of the news that there were sacred wills in his family collection, and there were many troubles in his life, so he generously announced that there were indeed 9 sacred wills in his home.
Whether in ancient times or today, the Holy Will is very valuable and rare, why does the Zhang family have so many Holy Wills in their collection? This should start from Zhang Zhenhua's ancestor Zhang Pengcheng, Who was a deputy general in the army during the Ming Chongzhen period, and his status in the army was not low, and the Zhang family was also a famous and prestigious family in Shaanxi.
However, the Ming Dynasty still ushered in the fate of extinction, after the Qing army entered the customs, Zhang Pengcheng still held his original position in the army and began to do things for the Qing Dynasty, and in the second year of Shunzhi (1645), Zhang Pengcheng, who was promoted to the commander-in-chief, followed the Prince of Yu, Ai Xinjueluo Duoduo. Ai Xin Jue Luo Duo Duo was one of the eight iron hat kings in the early Qing Dynasty, the lord of the Manchurian White Flag, who participated in the Songjin War and had a high position of power.
Zhang Pengcheng's ability is not small, quite favored by the love of Xinjue Luo Duoduo, the Zhang family has also followed the wind and water, according to the data, Zhang Pengcheng's descendants of seven generations of thirteen people, through the Shunzhi Emperor, Kangxi Emperor, Yongzheng Emperor, Qianlong Emperor and other six emperors, basically are military generals, in the army as a general soldier, only one person abandoned the military congwen, after the zhongjin became a civilian official.
Because the Zhang family has made military achievements in all generations and is loyal to the Qing Dynasty, the six emperors of the Qing Dynasty have also issued 15 holy wills to the Zhang family, and also gave the royal pen gold plaque on eight sides, which the Zhang family regarded as glory, and they were all treasured and passed down from generation to generation.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Zhang family experienced war and chaos, so there were 6 sacred wills lost, and there were still three daos of the Yongzheng Emperor, four seals of the Qianlong Emperor, one of the Jiaqing Emperor's edicts, and one of the Daoguang Emperor's seals.
In the 90s of last century, the news that the Zhang family had a holy will was spread out, and the neighbors and neighbors were also talking behind it, and Zhang Zhenhua, the twelfth generation of the Zhang family, announced the news that there was a holy will in the family, and soon the experts of the local museum found Zhang Zhenhua, who was a rare cultural relic, and it was more appropriate for Zhang Zhenhua to hand over to the state and hand it over to the state for safekeeping.
However, Zhang Zhenhua believes that the 9 sacred wills are left by the ancestors and are heirlooms, he has the obligation to pass them on, and he is unwilling to hand them over, and some people want to buy the sacred wills in Zhang Zhenhua's home at a high price, but Zhang Zhenhua refuses.
However, after persuasion from many parties, Zhang Zhenhua was slightly relieved, saying that he could lend the Holy Will out for exhibition, and in December 2002, under the arrangement of the museum, Zhang Zhenhua lent 9 Holy Wills to Huai'an Qingyan Garden for public exhibition for 2 months, but when it was returned, there were only 7 Holy Wills left, and two Sacred Wills were stolen.
Zhang Zhenhua was very angry, he lent out the holy will is already benevolent and righteous, and these holy wills are not all Zhang Zhenhua alone to decide, Zhang Zhenhua also has to account to the Zhang family, so Zhang Zhenhua will Huai'an Qingyan Garden sued, and finally through expert appraisal, the responsibility is evenly shared, Huai'an Qingyan Garden to Zhang Zhenhua compensation of 90,000 yuan.
Zhang Zhenhua simply cannot accept such an ending, nor does he want to be treated in this way, to this day, Zhang Zhenhua is still insisting on appealing, but what the result will be, it is difficult to say.