Zhu Yuanzhang, nicknamed Zhu Chongba, was born in a poor family. When he was a little older, Zhu Chongba wanted to go to school with his schoolbag on his back like other children, but his family was too poor. In order to make a living, he herded cattle to the landlord from an early age and hardly studied. After years of struggle, the former cowherd became the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. In order to deal with state affairs, Zhu Yuanzhang studied all night and made great progress.
As we all know, the emperor's orders or remarks were conveyed by imperial edicts. In many TV plays in Ming and Qing Dynasties, we usually see eunuchs reading the imperial edict. At the beginning, there is a sentence, that is, "The goods are carried in heaven, and the emperor calls them." Why do letters always start with these eight words? This sentence is actually a "mantra" invented by Zhu Yuanzhang.
As early as the Qin Dynasty, imperial edicts were first used as "imperial edicts". In the Han Dynasty, a complete emperor system was gradually established, and the previous imperial edict evolved into a "imperial edict", which was followed by emperors in previous dynasties. Until the Ming Dynasty, there was no record of "Feng Tian Yun" in the history books.
In A.D. 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtian (Nanjing). In order to show that he is the so-called "real dragon emperor", he built a magnificent imperial city, in which the most important and highest-standard Zhaohui Hall was named "Fengtian Hall". Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he could attack the emperor from the cowherd, all because of his luck from heaven, and he often muttered the words "Fengtian Transportation".
Later, in order to cater to Zhu Yuanzhang's wishes, those ministers called him "Fengtian holds the emperor to make the princes", which made Zhu Yuanzhang quite satisfied. In the later imperial edict, the beginning became "to serve the emperor in heaven and call him."
After the Qing dynasty entered the customs, I thought Zhu Yuanzhang's invention was excellent, so I regarded him as a classic, and every time I issued an imperial edict, I also used "Fengtian carries the emperor, Zhao Yue". After years of evolution, this sentence was re-broken by later generations, and gradually evolved into the saying that "the emperor will come at the call of heaven" that is often heard in TV dramas. If you hear these eight words in historical dramas before the Ming dynasty, there can only be one explanation, that is, the history of screenwriters is taught by physical education teachers!
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