When eunuchs read out imperial edicts, why do they always start with "It is destined to be carried by heaven, the emperor decrees"?

I saw a eunuch in a film and television drama. He came out with a yellow scroll with a dragon pattern on it. He said in a strange way that "so and so will listen to the decree." The first sentence when he started to announce the decree was always "By God's blessing, the emperor." "The imperial edict said," the content of which was always filled with various rather clumsy words. It was read out.

Now you have to thank the Lord for His kindness, and then accept the imperial edict respectfully, and even give you a reward. If you feel that you show the slightest disrespect to a scroll, you will be dragged out and beheaded immediately. The spectators nearby watched silently, so is this really the imperial edict?

In addition to the orders issued by the emperor, some edicts and edicts were also issued when rewarding meritorious officials and conferring titles. The carrier of these edicts was the imperial edict. Officials of different levels have imperial edicts of different colors and properties. Therefore, for officials, the richer types and colors of imperial edicts they have, the higher the grade of the official.

This situation was most common in the Qing Dynasty. As long as they were officials of fifth rank or above, the colors were very colorful. Among them, the most abundant color variety was the colorful imperial edict. However, the color of the imperial edicts of officials below the fifth rank appears to be very single, often pure white silk.

"It is the destiny of heaven, the emperor's edict said." These eight do exist and come from Zhu Yuanzhang. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that his background was not as upright as the emperors of other dynasties, and he felt that he needed to add more titles to himself in order to be called the king of a country.

The "Emperor Fengtian Chengyun" only started during the Ming Dynasty. What did the beginnings of the imperial edicts before the Ming Dynasty look like? Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties - "According to the destiny of the people, accept the order of Ziming"; Tang Dynasty - "Menxia", because the emperor's orders were issued through the Menxia Province; Yuan Dynasty - "In the power of the eternal weather, great blessings will protect you, the emperor will Imperial decree...".

This is a typical imperial edict from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It begins with "Heaven will carry the emperor's destiny", which means that the emperor inherits the "mandate of heaven" and the "luck of the five virtues". "Edict" indicates that this imperial edict was written by the emperor himself. From this we can also see that the emperor attaches great importance to this minister, and it is also a great honor for the minister to receive such an imperial edict in his lifetime!