Who had the imperial seal in the Three Kingdoms?

During the Three Kingdoms period, the imperial seal belonged to the Cao Wei regime.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, He Jinmou murdered eunuchs for rebellion, and Emperor Han Shaodi took refuge in the palace. After returning to the palace, he looked for the imperial seal everywhere. Soon, the governors of eighteen towns begged Dong Zhuo to invade Luoyang, and the imperial secretary who was killed by Changsha magistrate Sun Jian was found to have passed the imperial seal.

From then on, the imperial edict was handed over to Sun Jian. After Sun Jian's death, his son Sun Ce borrowed soldiers from Yuan Shu with the national sovereignty as collateral, and the national sovereignty belonged to Yuan Shu, which led Yuan Shu to dream of being an emperor in broad daylight. Soon, Yuan Shu was defeated and the national decree was returned to Cao Cao.

In 220 AD, Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor, with the title of Great Wei, which was known as the Cao Wei regime in history, and the imperial seal was returned to the Cao Wei regime.

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The imperial edict is a symbol of imperial power. In the Qin and Han Dynasties, this kind of treasure can command the heroes, not just in the Three Kingdoms period, whether in its heyday or in a period of relative turmoil. In this extremely turbulent era, the imperial edict is really a chicken rib.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the first half of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty was extremely miserable. As an emperor, he has no real power in his hands. After Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, either voluntarily or forcibly. In short, he gave the position of emperor to xelloss.

However, the demise also requires a decree, but it happened that the decree was in the hands of Queen Cao Jie, that is, Xelloss's sister. Surprisingly, Cao Jie refused to give the decree to xelloss.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Guo Chuan Yu Xi