Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was a workaholic, when the country was just starting, he did not dare to slack off, worked day and night, and the ministers also worked hard.

According to the records of the Ming Huidian, the statutory holidays of Ming officials mainly include the winter solstice, the New Year's Day, and the Lantern Festival, with few holidays, three days on the winter solstice, five days on the New Year's Day, and ten days on the Lantern Festival.

Later, three days of monthly leave were added, and the eighteen days of the previous three holidays were added, bringing the total number of days off to 50 days per year.

The New Year is approaching, from the 28th of the lunar month to the 20th of the first month, during this period of time, civil and military officials will wear red official robes that symbolize auspiciousness when they go to court, but the ministers do not have to wear red official robes when they go to court on weekdays.

During this period, the General Administration Department, which manages the deliberations of the DPRK and China, will not "do things", and most of the official affairs of various departments will be dealt with later, and the festive atmosphere of the New Year will be permeated everywhere inside and outside the court.

At the end of the year, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, defeated Li Zicheng in Longzhou, Shaanxi, and Li Zicheng fled to Qingyang and Fengxiang in Gansu.

On the first day of the first lunar month, it is a traditional folk custom to visit relatives and friends' homes to pay New Year's greetings, and the palace is no exception.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Shang Baoji set up the emperor's throne in the Imperial Hall one day in advance, and set up the treasure case in the east of the throne and the incense case in the south of His Majesty.

The Jiaofang Division is located on the east and west sides of the Imperial Palace, and these furnishings are placed in the south and facing north.

On the first day of the first month, at dawn, the brocade clothes guard furnished the halogen book, the guard of honor in the Dan Majesty and the Dan Qi outside the Huangji Palace, set up the Ming Fan in the palace, the train was in the Dan Qi, there were four people who sounded the whip in the ceremony, two people on the left and right, all of them were facing the north and standing.

The Teaching Department also set up bands playing royal music on the east and west sides of the Dan Majesty outside the hall, which are also facing north, and the ceremonial department set up two cases of Tongwen and Jade Silk in the east of the Dan Majesty.

The two sides of the Huangji Gate are lined up with the emperor's dragon flag, and the Han generals dressed in gold armor are lined up from the Huangji Hall to outside the Noon Gate, and the Jinyi Guard is divided outside the palace from the Dan Majesty to the Huangji Gate.

Two pickets of the hundred officials of the Imperial History stand outside the hall to the north of the Danqi, the inner praise of the two stand in the hall, the outer praise of the two, located in the north of the Danqi, and the transmission system, the propaganda table and other officials are located in the palace, all from the east and west.

As soon as the sky was bright, the grand Dan Dynasty ceremony officially began, and its scale was no smaller than the enthronement ceremony.

"Boom!"

The musicians of Jiaofang Temple beat the head drum, one heavy drum, one light drum, the rhythm changed from slow to fast and then from fast to slow, the drum sound changed from weak to strong, and then from strong to weak, and finally struck the bell next to it to end the drumming.

Hearing the head drumming, the hundred officials wearing official court clothes began to line up outside the noon gate.

Then, the second drum began to beat, and the rhythm of the first drum was not much, but it changed from a single stroke to two beats, and finally the bell was struck twice to end the drumming.

Hearing the sound of the two drums, the hundred officials entered the door from the left and right, came to the east and west of Danqi, and stood solemnly towards the north;

Drum three strict, operation as above, drumming, bell, head and tail are changed to three rings, hear the drum three strict, the deacon came to the canopy hall, Emperor Chongzhen has already put on a good uniform dragon crown here, sitting on the throne of the main hall.

Zhu Cihong also stood next to him in the most solemn crown dress that he did not wear on weekdays, this kind of crown dress can only be worn by the Son of Heaven and the crown prince and prince, similar to the crown dress worn by the emperor of the Han Dynasty in the TV series, with a bead curtain on his head.

Zhu Cihong and Chongzhen wear very similar, you have to be very careful to see the difference, Chongzhen's twelve crowns and twelve chapters of clothing, Zhu Cihong uses nine crowns and nine chapters of clothing, the difference is that there are three patterns missing on the clothes, and the crown on the head is missing three bead curtains.

The deacon bowed to Chongzhen five times, and after kowtowing, he shouted solemnly: "Please come to the Emperor's Palace!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen hummed lightly and drove to the Imperial Palace, followed by Zhu Cihong, the band of the Jiaofang Division began to play "neutralization music", and the official of Shangbao Division walked in front of Chongzhen with the emperor's imperial seal in his hand, and the guide officer served as the guide.

The mighty group of people came to the front of the Imperial Palace, the bright fan in the Imperial Palace slowly opened, the bead curtain was slowly rolled up, and the official of the Shang Bao Division held the imperial seal and placed it on the treasure case set up in the east of the throne in advance.

When the four pre-arranged whippers began to sound the whip, the Ministry of Rites shouted to the officials: "Shift! ”

Hearing the command, the hundred officials standing in Danqi immediately lined up neatly, just like elementary school students doing radio gymnastics and hearing the director's whistle.

The salute officer continued to chant: "Bow! ”

The band of the Jiaofang Division began to play the big music (Shao music) again, and the hundred officials bowed four times to Chongzhen, who was sitting on the throne of the main hall, facing the north.

After the hundred officials got up, the ceremonial officer then shouted: "Enter the table!" ”

Two of the Ministry of Rites came to the front of the copywriter, and guided the preface officials to enter from the east gate with a small number of cases with "watches" in their hands and place them in the main hall.

The table is the written speech of the emperor to the whole country in the new year, which is equivalent to the New Year's speech of the head of state in later generations.

Then, the Neizan official shouted: "Xuanbiao! ”

At this time, the official should kneel down and wait for the "table", and the official will take the table, and the official will come to the bead curtain in front of the emperor's throne and read the "table" aloud, and the hundred officials will kneel and listen to the "table".

At the end of the announcement, the ministers inside and outside the hall collectively bowed down, and the mountain shouted long live.

After that, the preface officials moved the "table" to the east side of the main hall, and the external praise officials shouted: "All officials kneel!" ”

On behalf of the hundred officials, the new "Acting Speech Officer" Huang Shijun, the new secretary of the Ministry of Rites, knelt in the middle of His Majesty and addressed the emperor: "Huang Shijun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is here to meet Zhengdan, Sanyang Kaitai, all things are salty and new, and I congratulate His Majesty the Emperor, and I will be able to live in the sky!" ”

After the Ministry of Rites Shangshu said these kind words, the hundred officials got up, the Jiaofang Division Band played the big music (Shao music) again, and the hundred officials bowed to the emperor four times, and then got up.

The noisy music stopped again, and the herald knelt in front of the emperor to ask Emperor Chongzhen for his will.

Emperor Chongzhen had already drawn up his will two days ago, but now he was just going through the motions, and the herald took the decree, walked out of the east gate of the main hall, came to His Majesty Dan, stood facing east, and shouted: "The emperor has a decree!" ”

The celebrant shouted: "Kneel! ”

Baiguan knelt down again, kneeling back and forth several times, and he didn't know how many new clothes he had soiled.

The herald read aloud the emperor's will: "The celebration of the end of the performance is the same as the Qing!" ”

The celebrant shouted: "Raise the mountain! ”

Baiguan knelt down and raised his hands above his head and shouted: "Long live! ”

The salute officer called out again: "Mountain call! ”

Hundreds of officials shouted "Long live" again!

The salute officer shouted again: "Again the mountain! ”

Hundreds of officials shouted "Long live" again!

When Baiguanshan shouted "Long live", all the people present echoed in unison, and the momentum can be described as shaking the earth!

Zhu Cihong felt that this scene was familiar, it seemed that he had seen Zhao Gao preside over the Chaoyi like this in the "Mythology" TV series performed by Hu Ge, and the pronunciation of the two words Shanhu was not allowed and he was still shouting desperately.

Next, Emperor Chongzhen accepted the "New Year's greetings" of hundreds of officials, and the generals and general soldiers who were fighting abroad or guarding one side also brought blessings and congratulatory gifts from the border pass on this day.

In addition to the civil and military officials, there are also envoys from the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty who also pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty on this day, but now the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty are pitiful.