Introduction to the 16-character square tile "Everyone in the world is a minister": The 16-character square tile "Everyone is a minister in the world" is 30.5CM long, 30.2CM wide, and weighs 3.635kg. Molded Yangwen, with bounded patterns. The meaning of the text: A virtuous king can achieve the unification of political power, good weather and good weather, and the people of Li people not suffering from hunger. This is the standard and requirement for being an emperor. According to expert research, there are about 18 versions of this type of bricks with 4 characters of "Long live the practice" and without 12 characters of "Long live the practice". The side length is between 28-34CM. The characters are mixed with seal script and official script, and only " The structure of the character "Jie" changes little, while the structure of the character "水" often has the left and right structures interchanged. This brick is specially used for royal buildings and can be used as floor tiles or wall tiles (such as the wall tiles of Fuli Palace in Hancheng and Hanwu to escape the summer heat). In the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, writing had completed the transition from seal script to official script and matured, so there were very few seal script inscriptions and had to be obtained from bricks, tiles, and seals.

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