"This is impossible!"
The Lords King murmured to themselves, their faces full of disbelief. They could not believe that seal had appeared in Luo Jing's hands.
Naturally, it was not the Heirloom Seal of the Realm.
The Heirloom Seal of the Realm was a treasure that had replaced the Nine Tripods in anchoring the state. Even Liu Heng used it only on occasions of the utmost importance, almost always involving the Great Han's Altars of State, such as the investiture of an empress or a crown prince.
Lords King, Thorough Marquises, and the like did not qualify for the use of the Heirloom Seal of the Realm.
But besides that seal, Liu Bang had followed Luo Yi's advice and made three more. Later, after Empress Lü assumed the regency and Liu Ying ascended the throne, another three were made according to Luo Chen's regulations. Collectively, they were called the "Six Seals of the Son of Heaven," with the six directions representing dominion over everything beneath heaven.
The six seals were divided into the Three Seals of the Son of Heaven and the Three Imperial Seals. The Three Seals of the Son of Heaven were mainly used to handle affairs concerning heaven and earth, All Xia, gods and ghosts, and the Four Barbarians. They carried a sacred significance and a strong flavor of the Son of Heaven of Zhou.
The emperor system founded by Qin Shi Huang was, after all, very different from the Zhou Dynasty's son of heaven system.
Under the son of heaven system, the Son of Heaven of Zhou ruled over everything beneath heaven. This was what was meant by, "Beneath the whole of heaven, no land is not the king's; to the farthest shores of the land, no one is not the king's subject."
The emperor system