The Qing emperor gave him a yellow jacket. How powerful is it after wearing it?
In Stephen Chow's film, a noble son who violated the king's law was sheltered in court and the presiding judge wanted to torture him. When the family took out a yellow jacket and put it on him, the officials had to be careful not to torture him, which shows that no matter how big the official is, he has some awe of the person wearing the yellow jacket.
Is that really the case? Is its function similar to that of Fang Jian? Having them means that you can walk sideways all day, but there is actually a lot of knowledge in it.
That was not the case. There are many kinds of yellow jackets, some of which are given by the emperor, of special significance, or outstanding in military exploits, or have made other outstanding contributions to the royal family or the country, or handed down from their ancestors. For example, the iron hat king is the highest honor, so many things given by the emperor can be passed on to future generations.
When we watch the Qing Palace drama, the protagonist, especially the emperor, is often accompanied by a group of guards. They are all yellow uniforms, which are a kind of yellow jacket, but this is not a gift from the royal family, but an ordinary uniform symbolizing the status of the royal entourage.
When hunting, a large number of people also have yellow jackets, such as guards, princes and grandchildren. They wear this kind of clothes, which means they represent royal etiquette. When the emperor travels, a large number of people wear such bright clothes, and the momentum alone will crush ordinary people or foreign envoys.
Therefore, some officials are only allowed to wear them when hunting, and they can't wear them after returning to Beijing. It can only be kept as a souvenir at home. The same is true of guards, that is, work clothes, which, like other official clothes and ladies-in-waiting clothes, have no honor or special significance.
But not really. There is a yellow jacket that is really valuable. Really represent social status and family honor, is the capable people around the emperor. This is just icing on the cake. After all, the people who can be served by the emperor are not the children of royalty, but also the important officials of the court, who have a certain social status and are also prominent figures of the court.
Therefore, in fact, people are supported by luck, and one dress alone cannot survive for a long time. Even a family that used to be very popular will be despised by everyone once it falls out of favor or does something wrong. Even if he was still wearing a yellow jacket, he would be looked down upon and have no deterrent effect.
This was especially true at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and even some major figures in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were given yellow jackets. It can be seen that this kind of thing has flooded.
Li Hongzhang always wears a royal yellow jacket when he travels in his later period. Foreigners know that the Qing Dynasty and other feudal countries regarded yellow as the most noble color, so many foreigners thought Li Hongzhang was the king of this country when they saw him wearing a yellow jacket.
The misunderstanding was so terrible that even he refuted it at last. However, there were indeed yellow jackets everywhere in China at that time. So there is actually no eternal amulet, and the wind and water turn around.