In the early dynasty, it was also called the imperial gate to listen to the government, commonly known as the small court meeting, and it was generally in front of the imperial gate. As for the festival held in the Imperial Palace, it is a great court meeting, and the grand ceremony is held in the Imperial Palace only during the three major festivals and special celebrations of the year.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty were much more tired than the current official apes to work, and they were simply forced to work hard, first in the morning every day, and then to the yamen to sit on duty.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di was more diligent in government, and normally began to go to the early dynasty at Mao Shi, that is, at five o'clock in the morning Beijing time, hundreds of officials often waited outside the noon gate at three o'clock in the morning.

On the second day, Zhu Cihong got up early, and after breakfast, Zhu Cihong rushed to the Qianqing Palace and went to the early court with Emperor Chongzhen.

The long-awaited Imperial Gate has finally begun, and hundreds of officials have stood in front of the Imperial Gate at this time.

At the front is a group of cabinet scholars headed by Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, and behind are the nobles and the civil and military hundred officials on both sides, the civil officials are on the left class, the military attache is the right class, and at the back of the hundred officials is a group of Jinyi guard captains holding swords.

The civil and military officials stood straight one by one, and no one dared to move, because at this time, there was the imperial history in charge of picketing to supervise, and all those who coughed, spit, crowded or had an untidy posture would be recorded, and they would be dealt with after the meeting, and some of them would be dragged out on the spot by the Jinyi guard.

In the middle of the upper corridor of the Imperial Gate is the emperor's throne, and on both sides of the throne stands the Han generals in armor, who are very powerful and responsible for protecting the emperor.

On either side of the throne stood a number of bells and drums, and when Emperor Chongzhen reached the imperial gate, a eunuch sounded his whip, and then the bells and drums played.

The wrestlers of the Jinyi Guard also quickly propped up five umbrella covers, four fans, and some messy honor guards representing the Emperor of Heaven on patrol, and then followed Emperor Chongzhen from the east and west sides to ascend the Danqi and stand behind the emperor's throne.

After Emperor Chongzhen sat down on the throne, a eunuch whipped again, and immediately an inner eunuch stepped forward and shouted: "Kneel!" ”

The civil and military officials bowed three times, the mountain shouted long live, and then the early dynasty officially began, and this series of processes was very high-end.

After the salute, the hundred officials looked up and peeked, only to see that a seat had been added next to the throne, and a young man was sitting on it, which was the current Royal Highness of the Crown Prince Zhu Cihong.

Although many people have some differences, no one dares to say anything, after all, the East Palace has already left the cabinet and is qualified to participate in the government, but I didn't expect to participate at such a young age.

Zhu Cihong sat under Emperor Chongzhen, and exclaimed in his heart, it turned out that so many rules in the last early dynasty were not as simple as in the film and television of later generations, and it was held in the main hall, and more than a dozen ministers participated.

This early dynasty was completely held in the open air, and there were a lot of officials, plus some imperial relatives and relatives had hundreds of people, and I heard that during the period of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, there were even thousands of people.

However, there are so many people, it is estimated that most of them come to make soy sauce, and they can't hear the speech in front at all. In fact, the officials in the back are of low rank, and they can hardly interject, but the emphasis is on participation!

Zhu Cihong sat on a wooden chair, as if he was listening, and he found that after the early dynasty began, officials could not come out casually to do things, and there was a set of procedures.

First of all, the officials of Honglu Temple went out of class first, and reported to Emperor Chongzhen the number of officials who entered Beijing to thank him and leave Beijing to resign.

These officials had all been reported at the Honglu Temple the day before, and if the emperor wanted to summon them, then they would be summoned first; If the emperor doesn't want to see him, he will bow five times and bow three times outside the noon gate, and after the salute, he will be done and can leave.

Fortunately, this process is carried out every day, and on average, there is not much time per day, so there is not much time delayed.

Next, we entered the most important 'recital' part of the early dynasty, and the first thing to play was the recital from the border pass.

Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the military department, coughed, and then went out of the class with a wat board in his hand, and said: "Your Majesty, according to the battle report from the front-line Prime Minister Lu Xiangsheng, the thief leader Gao Yingxiang's department has been defeated, and he fled west to the mountains and forests. ”

Emperor Chongzhen's face was delighted, and then he nodded, indicating his understanding.

After Zhang Fengyi returned to work, another minister coughed, and then went out of the class to do something.

Zhu Cihong was curious, how could someone always cough on such a serious occasion? This TM can't be infected, right? Why didn't the imperial history record him, and there was no brocade guard to drag him away?

Later, he learned that according to the custom, every official had to cough before the performance, one was to clear his throat, and the other was to say hello to the other ministers, which meant that I was going out to perform the work, so don't rush into the speech.

This avoids the embarrassment caused by two people going out at the same time, and if this embarrassing situation occurs, it is usually guided by the General Administration Department or the officials of Honglu Temple, and the emperor does not have to worry about it at all.

In the midst of coughing, the ministers of various ministries went out one after another to report on the major events that had happened during this period of time.

Zhu Cihong listened to it for a long time, in fact, there is no big deal, the northern Jiannu is currently quiet, and there is no big movement, and the southern rogues are being chased around by the officers and soldiers, and all kinds of drills into the mountains.

In the end, the focus of the discussion was on the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry, and the three Shangshu coughed and pulled at the same time, in the final analysis, the Ministry of War wanted money.

Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, coughed and said: "At present, the war in the Central Plains is very good, and it is necessary to compensate the fallen soldiers. ”

Hou Sui, the secretary of the household department, also coughed, and said: "The money is all given to your military department and the Ministry of Industry, how to pay for it, how to reward it, your military department will issue a charter, and your majesty will review it by Longmu, and after Zhu approves it, your military department will solve it by itself." ”

Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, stopped doing it when he heard this, and said: "Hou Butang, what you said is not right, the silver of your household department has not been allocated to our military department, you have been allocated to the south for disaster relief and embankment repair, the little silver you gave to the military department, not to mention the war in the Central Plains, even the salary owed by Liaodong is not enough to pay back, in the long run, the soldiers will not be soldiers, they are all hungry, who still has the strength to fight." ”

When Liu Zunxian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, heard that they had even brought it to the Ministry of Industry, he also coughed, and walked out of the class with a wat board: "All the money of the Ministry of Industry was allocated according to the plan at the beginning of the year, and one or two were not given, and they could only be used for emergency projects, so we were not greedy for one or two silver." ”

A few people, you cough and say a word, he coughs and says a word, in the end, Hou Sui is very single, the household department just has no money, what do you like, things are deadlocked.

Zhu Cihong was speechless, Zao Chaoguang listened to them beep for a long time, and he didn't see anyone solve a thing.

Emperor Chongzhen was already a little helpless, every day was silver, and he didn't let him worry about it for a day.

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

When the ministers heard it, Your Majesty is too child's play, let a little child listen to politics, before the national event, Your Majesty actually asked a little hairy child what he thinks, can he understand?

When Zhu Cihong heard it, he was also stunned for a moment, thinking that he had heard it wrong, but when he looked at everyone's expressions, he knew that he had heard it correctly.

Anyway, since the emperor Lao Tzu asked, he couldn't let his cheap Lao Tzu lose face, and by the way, he also let the civil and military officials know him.

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Note: The Huangji Palace, originally called the Fengtian Palace, was renamed the Huangji Hall in the 41st year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, and changed to the Taihe Hall in the Qing Dynasty. The Ming and Qing dynasties seem to have experienced four fires and rebuilt several times.