The morning dynasty, also called the imperial court hearing, commonly known as the small dynasty meeting, usually takes place in front of the Huangji Gate. As for the one held in the Huangji Hall, it is the big dynasty meeting. It is only held in the Huangji Hall during the three major festivals and special celebrations in a year. Great court ceremony.

Officials in the Ming Dynasty were much more tired from work than today's civil servants. It was simply hard work. They first went to court in the morning every day, and then went to work in various yamen.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was more diligent in his work. He usually started the morning court at Mao hour, which is now five o'clock in the morning in Beijing. Officials often waited outside the Meridian Gate at three o'clock in the morning.

On the second day, Zhu Cixiang got up early. After breakfast, Zhu Cixiang rushed to Qianqing Palace to make an early morning appearance with Emperor Chongzhen.

The long-awaited imperial review finally began. At this time, hundreds of officials were already standing in front of the Huangji Gate.

At the front is a group of cabinet bachelors headed by Wen Tiren, the chief minister of the cabinet. Behind them are nobles and civil and military officials on both sides. The civilian officials are on the left class, the military attaches are on the right class. At the back of the officials are a group of senior officials. A guard in brocade clothing with a sword.

All the civil and military officials stood upright, and no one dared to move, because at this time, there was a censor responsible for picketing to supervise. Anyone who coughed, spitted, was crowded or behaved poorly would be recorded and dealt with after the court meeting. , if you go too far, you will be dragged out by Jin Yiwei on the spot.

In the middle of the upper corridor of Huangji Gate is the emperor's throne. On both sides of the throne stood Han generals in armor, who were very powerful and responsible for protecting the emperor.

On both sides of the throne, there were some bands from the Bell and Drum Department. When Emperor Chongzhen arrived at the imperial gate, a eunuch blew his whip, and then the Bell and Drum Department played music.

The warriors of the Jin Yiwei also quickly held up five umbrella covers, four groups of fans, and some random ceremonial guards representing the Emperor of Heaven's patrol. Then they followed Emperor Chongzhen to the Danqi from the east and west sides, and stood on the left and right behind the emperor's throne.

After Emperor Chongzhen sat down on the throne, a eunuch fired his whip again, and immediately an eunuch stepped forward and shouted: "Kneel down!"

All civil and military officials bowed once and bowed three times, shouting long live the mountains, and then the morning dynasty officially began. This series of processes was very high-end.

After the ceremony, the officials looked up and took a peek, and saw an extra seat next to the throne, with a young man sitting on it, who was none other than the current Crown Prince, Zhu Cihong.

Although many people have some differences, no one dares to say anything. After all, Dong Palace has already left the cabinet and is qualified to participate in government affairs, but he did not expect to participate at such a young age.

Zhu Cixiang sat in front of Emperor Chongzhen and marveled in his heart. It turned out that there were so many rules in the previous morning dynasty. They were not as simple as in later movies and TV shows. They were held in the main hall and only a dozen ministers participated.

This morning court was held entirely in the open air, and there were so many officials, including some of the emperor's relatives, that there were hundreds of people. I heard that during the reign of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, there were even thousands of people.

However, with so many people, it is estimated that most of the people who came to chat could not hear what was said in front of them at all. In fact, the officials in the back were of low rank and could hardly get a word in, but the important thing is to participate!

Zhu Cixiang was sitting on a wooden chair, as if he was listening. He discovered that after the morning court began, officials could not just come out to do things casually, and there was a set process.

First of all, the officials of Honglu Temple went out first to report to Emperor Chongzhen the number of officials who came to Beijing to express their gratitude and left the capital to resign.

These officials were all reported at Honglu Temple the day before. If the emperor wanted to summon him, he would go to see him first. If the emperor didn't want to see him, he would go to the Meridian Gate and perform five bows and three kowtows. After the salute, it would be done. , you can leave.

Fortunately, this process happens every day. On average, it doesn't take much time every day, so it doesn't waste much time.

Next, we entered the most important "reporting" part of the morning. The first thing to report was the report from the border.

Zhang Fengyi, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, coughed, then went out with a wat board in hand and said: "Your Majesty, according to the battle report from the frontline Prime Minister Lu Xiangsheng, Gao Yingxiang, the leader of the bandit, has been defeated and fled due west into the mountains and forests."

Emperor Chongzhen looked delighted, and then nodded to express his understanding.

After Zhang Fengyi returned to work, another minister coughed and then left to report something.

Zhu Cixiang was curious, why do people keep coughing on such a serious occasion? Could this damn person be infected? Why was there no imperial censor to record him, and no royal guards to drag him away?

Later he learned that according to custom, every official had to cough in advance before performing something, firstly to clear his throat, and secondly to say hello to other ministers, which meant that I was going to go out to perform something, so don't rush me.

Bumped.

This avoids the embarrassment caused by two people leaving work at the same time. If such an embarrassing situation occurs, the General Affairs Department or Honglu Temple officials are usually responsible for guiding it, and the emperor does not have to worry about it at all.

Amid bursts of coughing, ministers from various ministries came out one after another to report on the major events that had occurred during this period.

Zhu Cixiang listened for a long time and realized that it was actually nothing serious. The slave slaves in the north were relatively quiet at the moment and did not make any big noise. The rogue bandits in the south were chased by the officers and soldiers and were running around, burrowing into the mountains.

In the end, the focus of the discussion was on the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Industry. The three ministers were coughing and arguing. In the final analysis, the Ministry of War wanted money.

Zhang Fengyi, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, coughed and went out to say: "The war in the Central Plains is currently going very well. We need to pay for the fallen soldiers. If we increase the military pay to encourage the soldiers at the front, we can wipe out all the rogue bandits this year."

Hou Xun, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, also coughed and went out to say: "All the money has been given to your Ministry of War and Ministry of Industry. How should we provide compensation and rewards? Your Ministry of War will issue a charter, which will be read by His Majesty Long Mu. After Zhu approves, your Ministry of War will

Just sort it out on your own.”

Zhang Fengyi, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, quit when he heard this and said: "Hou Bu Tang, what you said is wrong. Not even a tael of money from your Ministry of Household Affairs was allocated to our Ministry of War. You allocated all of it to the south for disaster relief and embankment construction."

Go, the little money you gave to the Ministry of War, not to mention the war in the Central Plains, is not even enough to repay the soldiers' wages owed to Liaodong. If things go on like this, the soldiers will be depleted and they will all be hungry. Who will have the strength to fight."

When Liu Zunxian, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, heard that they had also sent the Ministry of Works, he coughed, held up the wat board and walked out of the class: "All the money from the Ministry of Works was allocated according to the plan at the beginning of the year, and not one tael more was given.

, and it can only be used for urgent projects, we are not greedy for a few cents."

When they coughed, you said something, and when they coughed, they said something. In the end, Hou Xun was very single, and the Ministry of Revenue just had no money, so you can do whatever you want, and things ended in a stalemate.

Zhu Cixiang was speechless. He just listened to them beeping for a long time in the morning and didn't see anyone solve anything.

Emperor Chongzhen already looked a little helpless. He was getting money every day, and he was not allowed to worry about it even a day.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhu Cixiang and saw that he was thoughtful and seemed quite interested, so he said, "Prince, what do you think about this matter?"

When the ministers heard this, they thought it was too childish for Your Majesty to let a child take charge of politics. Before a major national event, Your Majesty actually asked a little kid what he thought. Can he understand?

After Zhu Cixiang heard this, he was also startled for a moment, thinking that he had heard wrongly. But looking at the expressions of everyone, he knew that he had heard rightly.

Anyway, since the emperor asked me, I can't let myself, a cheap man, lose face. At the same time, I also want to let all the civil and military officials know me.

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