However, during the reign of Emperor Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty, there was a wonderful thing of "losing the official seal", and it was a year.
In ancient China, the emperor's special seal was called "Xi", because it was made of beautiful jade, so it was also called "Jade Xi", which was also the "Guo Chuanyu Xi" that emperors dreamed of.
"Guo Chuan Yu Xi" is four inches in Fiona Fang, and it is handed over to New Zealand Five Dragons. On the front, eight seal characters written by Qin Prime Minister Li Si are engraved as a token of "the imperial power is divine, orthodox and legal".
Since then, emperors have never stopped thinking that this seal is the most important weapon of the country, and those who get it boast that it is "ordered by heaven." If they are in a big position, without this seal, they will be ridiculed as "white emperors", and even the emperor himself will feel lack of confidence.
The seal of the emperor is called "seal", and the seal of officials at all levels is called "seal", which is the so-called "official seal".
The ancient feudal dynasty in China was composed of central and local governments. The emperor has his special decree, officials at all levels have their official seals, and military institutions have official seals. Therefore, the official rank can be clearly seen from the size and material of the official seal.
Generally speaking, the higher the official position, the greater the official seal, the greater the power and the greatest risk. No, the "seal" of the Ministry of Military Affairs of the Qing Dynasty to mobilize troops, change generals and wholesale military supplies was lost for one year, which caused serious consequences and the final result was equally thought-provoking.
According to the regulations of the Qing Dynasty, each of the six departments has two big seals, one of which is called "Tang Seal", which means that the government offices of various departments are in normal use, and the other is called "Yin Hang", which was carried and used by the emperor when he was on patrol.
However, on the eighth day of March, the 25th year of Jiaqing, Emperor Jiaqing set out from Beijing and went to the Qing Dongling Mausoleum to pay tribute to the tomb of his old man, Gan Long. However, as soon as Emperor Jiaqing arrived at Tangshan Palace, he received a letter from the assistant minister of the Ministry of War. Jiaqing saw the paper and broke out in a cold sweat. It was originally reported that the "seal" of the Ministry of War was missing.
The Ministry of War of the Qing Dynasty had the right to temporarily mobilize troops and replace generals. If it falls into the hands of malicious people, it is entirely possible to launch a coup in Beijing while Emperor Jiaqing was in the Qing Palace. In the current words, it is to give him an "anus".
According to the report in the memorial at that time, on the seventh day of March, when the Ministry of War was in charge of keeping the seal, it was found that the seal in the box was stolen, so it was quickly reported to the art history, but the art history and the assistant minister of the Ministry of War did not find it.
In order not to delay things, they quickly reported to Jiaqing, and Emperor Jiaqing immediately ordered the personnel in charge of the Ministry of War's Tibetan and Indian warehouses to be taken into custody for trial, and sent other DPRK officials to thoroughly investigate the case.
At the beginning of April, Jiaqing went to visit his father, Emperor Qianlong, and returned to the palace from the Qing Dongling. At this time, more than a month has passed since the case occurred, but there has been no progress in the case of "Yin Hang" being stolen.
Emperor Jiaqing flew into a rage, severely reprimanded the North Korean officials who investigated the case, and gave them a one-year fine, ordering them to go to the punishment department to hear the case every day without delay.
Under the pressure of Emperor Jiaqing, the investigators went all out, from investigating the people involved to extorting a confession by torture, and finally solved the theft of "Yin Hang" on April 26th.
If Jiaqing was scared out in a cold sweat when he saw that "Yin Hang" was stolen, Emperor Jiaqing would have been out of her wits after solving the case.
It turned out that the Ministry of War seal was lost as early as last year's "Mulan Qiuxian", but the official in charge of keeping the Ministry of War seal at that time did not report it.
After returning to Beijing, Ministry of War officials paid bribes from top to bottom, playing dumb with each other. Whenever they want to use "line printing", they either use "hall printing" to perfunctory, or carve a radish seal to make a fake. Until Emperor Jiaqing's trip to Qingling, the "seal" of the Ministry of War had to be kept by the emperor. At this time, the Ministry of War made some traces of theft in the warehouse and reported it.
After Jiaqing learned the truth of the case, he sent people to continue unannounced visits, and at the same time asked the Ministry of War to redo the "sealing" and get things done hastily.
In fact, there is a precedent for the case of "officials losing their seals" in the Qing Dynasty. As early as Yongzheng period, General Nian Gengyao's "Shuaiyin" was also stolen, but after Nian Gengyao killed three groups of investigators, it took only ten days for the "Shuaiyin" to be stolen.
In the case of the theft of the seal of the Ministry of War during the Jiaqing period, the people involved entered into an offensive and defensive alliance and colluded to cheat. On the other hand, the officials who handled the case even paid bribes and shirked their responsibilities, which exposed the thorough corruption within the Qing Dynasty. Even Emperor Jiaqing, as the king of a country, is even more thought-provoking in the face of the hasty closing of such a big case. Therefore, there is no justice in the Qing Dynasty.