After Qin Shihuang unified the world, the so-called imperial seal was ordered by Lisi to show his authority, which was used to show the supreme imperial power and the authority of the monarchy. So, Li Si also carved it himself? Ordered by heaven, both longevity Yongchang? Eight seals, Guo Chuanyu Xi, as a huge jade seal, must be carved from a whole piece of jade, and the jade used in carving is also quite famous, that is, the famous Heshibi in Kyushu that year.
No matter in troubled times or prosperous times, the imperial edict has passed through the hands of the overlord countless times, and it can always be passed down intact, because in everyone's eyes, it is priceless. People admire him and protect him wholeheartedly. The only injury was due to Wang Mang, who usurped the throne. Because he didn't give orders by imperial edict, he sent someone to find the king, that is, the queen mother. The Empress Dowager was very angry and hit her minions with a decree, which fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
In the early days of the Three Kingdoms, Dong Zhuo held the emperor to make the princes, and Sun Jian of Soochow led the troops to attack Luoyang City. In a dry well, the imperial seal was taken to a box around the neck of the maid-in-waiting. If it hadn't been discovered by Sun Jian, I'm afraid this decree wouldn't have been seen.
It was not until Cao Cao unified the north that the imperial seal returned to the hands of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty. Cao Cao and later Sima family also possessed the imperial seal by violent means.
After the collapse of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Di's wife Xiao Huanghou fled to Turkey with a decree. After many twists and turns, she returned to Zhao intact and was very happy.
If you want to know where the jade seal went, you must find out who had the Chu jade seal at the last moment.
According to historical records, the jade seal was finally mastered by Li Congke, the emperor of the later Tang Dynasty, and was never heard from again.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Houliang, Houtang, Houjin, Houhan and Houzhou were established one after another, and the imperial edict was handed down. Li Congke, the emperor of the late Tang Dynasty, was surrounded by soldiers from the late Jin Dynasty, and Li Congke and his empresses set themselves on fire and died. It is said that Li Congke was carrying an imperial edict at that time, but after the fire, people did not see the imperial edict coming out of the ashes, and it went up in smoke.
Then why did Li Congke commit suicide? Shi Jingtang forced this. The son emperor Shi Jingtang colluded with the Khitans to usurp the mountains and rivers of Li Congke, and used sixteen states as a reward for the respect of the Khitans. Li Congke is Shi Jingtang's brother-in-law, who has mountains and rivers. Li Congke ate YaBaKui, simply died with the decree. Shi Jingtang was very remorseful and personally picked out Li Congke's bones and reburied them.
It is said that the seal was burned, and the corner of the repair is still there. It seems that Shi Jingtang stole it. At that time, the domestic turmoil, the Khitan, Shi Jingtang afraid of disaster, also deserved Shi Jingtang to come back. After six years as emperor, he died. When the parties died, the Khitan found the opportunity to destroy the gold, and Shi Jingtang's dynasty was short-lived. Qidan destroyed the rulers, and it must have come with the decree.
When the Song, Liao and Jin countries competed, the Liao country certainly dared not say that it had taken the imperial seal. Later, Mongolia destroyed the Song Dynasty, and Genghis Khan dominated the world. In his eyes, the imperial seal is just a stone, which Genghis Khan gave to Wokuotai, and the other three sons are also ambitious. If the jade seal is given to Wokuotai, it will be a time bomb, and it may be hacked by his brothers one day.
Genghis Khan and born to die. The Mongols were buried in secret, so they didn't give future generations the chance to rob the tomb. At present, the Yuan Tomb has not been excavated. It is precisely because of the saying that the Mongolian emperor did not need funerary objects that Genghis Khan did not have to be afraid of someone stealing his tomb. It is safest to be buried by decree. The tomb of Genghis Khan is also simple. After burial, it will be leveled with horses, and all those who know the secret will be killed like other emperors. No one in this world knows the exact location of the cemetery.
In fact, the most convincing argument is that this decree was burned with Li Congke. If it is really obtained by future generations, there is no need for him to hide anything. This status symbol, he must show off.
The emperor behind had no choice but to carve a high imitation himself, which would be useful. You carve and I carve, leaving a pile of high imitations.
The imperial power has long since disappeared, and the destination of the imperial edict is also a mystery. None of this matters. Let it disappear with that decadent era.