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I slept too late the day before, and the fatigue along the way did not dissipate, but Zhao Junchen, as a household servant and a member of the imperial court, still needed to get up early the next day and take advantage of the dark night to go to the morning court. (If you like this book, please bookmark biquge.info)

On the way to the noon gate, Zhao Junchen sat in a sedan chair, yawning constantly along the way, only feeling back pain and unbearable sleepiness.

Looking at the sky with no five fingers outside the sedan car, and someone in front of the sedan car still needs to hold the lamp to see the road conditions clearly, Zhao Junchen frowned, and asked outside the sedan chair: "Qingyan, what time is it now?" ”

"Back to the young master, it's more than half of the time now, the time is still there, don't worry, you can get to the noon gate before the middle hour."

Xu Qingyan's voice was the same full of fatigue and exhaustion.

It is from 3 to 5 o'clock in the morning, and in late autumn, it is the time when the night and cold are at their heaviest.

Thinking that he had only slept for two hours, Zhao Junchen couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, with a helpless face.

If Zhao Junchen came to this era, the most dissatisfied place is probably the early dynasty system.

According to the rules formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, in the early dynasty, the ministers needed to get up at the ugly time (1 a.m.) to prepare, pass through half of the capital, and arrive at the noon gate before the midnight time (3 a.m.) to wait. When it arrived, the noon gate tower beat the drum, the ministers began to line up, and then after a long wait of an hour, until the hour (five o'clock in the morning), the bell rang, the noon gate opened, the ministers lined up into the palace, and in front of the Taihe gate in front of the whole line, and then, wait for a stick of incense or so, the emperor will come to the Taihe Palace, and the early dynasty will begin.

The most unacceptable thing is that since arriving at the noon gate, the ministers can't even yawn, otherwise they will be recorded by the imperial history in charge of picketing, and they will be dealt with by the waiting department, let alone be late.

It can be seen that the entire early dynasty, from the ugly time to the beginning of the hour, this period of time is the most sleepy time of the day when the human body functions, and most of the time is wasted waiting and the whole team, and the efficiency can be described as extremely low.

Zhao Junchen really didn't understand what Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang thought when he formulated these rules, but there was no way, the rules set by the ancestors could only be followed unconditionally by future generations.

However, during the reign of Emperor Deqing, the rule of officials was relaxed, and the supervision of the early dynasty began to be slowly relaxed. Those powerful and important ministers of the court, as long as they arrive at the noon gate before the noon gate opens, no one will say anything. The imperial history in charge of picketing, for these ministers, first, they dare not record them, and second, even if they dare to record them, after handing them over to the ministry, the officials are afraid that they will not dare to punish them severely, and most of them will have to get by.

Zhao Junchen is now a household servant, in charge of the inner treasury, and the holy family is favorable, and he is in the ranks of high power, so when ordinary courtiers are suffering in front of the noon gate, Zhao Junchen can still rush towards the noon gate slowly, and no one will say anything more because of this, including Emperor Deqing.

However, despite this, Zhao Junchen is still not satisfied, in his opinion, even if he gets up at the right time and meets at the court, it is still too early, and people's heads are groggy during this time, where can they handle the government affairs of the court?

However, Zhao Junchen can only complain about this, this kind of thing is not something that Zhao Junchen can change at all.

………

In Zhao Junchen's helplessness and complaints, he hurried and hurried, and finally came to the noon gate before the hour.

When he got off the sedan chair, Zhao Junchen was surprised to find that compared with other important ministers of the court, he actually came early.

At this time, there were already a lot of ministers of the court and the central government gathered outside the noon gate, but most of the grades were below the second grade, or they had no power, or they had no holy family.

"It's a loss, it's time to sleep a little longer......"

Seeing the scene in front of the noon gate, Zhao Junchen complained to Xu Qingyan beside him.

Xu Qingyan nodded thoughtfully.

Seeing Xu Qingyan's tired appearance, thinking of sitting in a sedan chair by himself on the way to the noon gate, but Xu Qingyan was using his legs, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but be a little soft-hearted, and said: "Qingyan, it's still early for the next dynasty, you don't have to wait here, sit in the sedan chair and squint for a while." ”

Xu Qingyan was not polite, and went directly into the sedan chair.

Seeing Xu Qingyan like this, Zhao Junchen shook his head helplessly, turned around and walked towards the noon gate.

When passing by the Inspector Yushi, Zhao Junchen yawned heavily, but he didn't mean to, he really couldn't help it.

And the inspector Yushi didn't seem to see it, and the pen book in his hand didn't move at all, but smiled at Zhao Junchen and bowed.

"Good work."

Zhao Junchen also nodded to Inspector Yushi, and said softly.

Then, ignoring the stunned look of the Inspector Yushi, Zhao Junchen moved forward and walked towards the gathering place of the courtiers.

After seeing Zhao Junchen appear, the courtiers were afraid of Zhao Junchen's power and holy family, so they bowed to Zhao Junchen and greeted him.

For a while, the voices of "I've seen Lord Zhao" continued one after another.

It's just that although these officials greeted Zhao Junchen and showed goodwill, they were just doing face-saving work, with Zhao Junchen's arrogant and domineering temperament, no matter how attentive they were, Zhao Junchen could nod to them, and it was already very face-saving.

However, to their surprise, today's Zhao Junchen was unusual, and in the face of their greetings, he actually returned the salute with a smile on his face, and said: "Your lords are really early, Junchen is late, ashamed, ashamed, I haven't seen you for two months, how are you doing these days?" ”

Just like the previous inspector Yushi, everyone was stunned to see Zhao Junchen so approachable.

After a while, these people reacted one after another, either with surprise on their faces, or with joy on their faces, but they all looked the same, and they all gathered in front of Zhao Junchen, and they rushed to reply, and for a while, before the solemn noon gate, it became chaotic.

"Oh, Lord Zhao, have you come back from your inspection of Lu'an Mansion? The lower official didn't know, otherwise he should have visited the adult. ”

"I've seen Zhao Shilang, Zhao Shilang has been running all the way, but it's been hard."

"Oh, what Lord Zhao did in Lu'an Mansion this time, I have heard that the Lu'an locust plague has been solved so quickly and simply under the supervision of Lord Zhao, and it is a great achievement, after Your Majesty learns about it, I am afraid that I will call my lord Zhao Shangshu in the future."

Although I don't know why Zhao Junchen is abnormal, Zhao Junchen is rarely so approachable, and it is a great opportunity for them to get closer to Zhao Junchen.

Zhao Junchen is in charge of the world's money and grain, and he is deeply favored, so he can have a good relationship with him, and all kinds of benefits are needless to mention.

After seeing the reactions of the ministers, Zhao Junchen was also secretly happy in his heart.

As Zhao Junchen had guessed before, with his current position of power, it would have been easy to recruit party henchmen in the court and form a faction of his own, but the original Zhao Junchen was unwilling to share benefits with others, and his temperament was domineering.

However, as long as Zhao Junchen is willing to share the benefits, then the officials who were jealous and resentful of him will immediately and automatically gather around him, and his political enemies in the DPRK and China will not mind turning enemies into friends with him.

In a way, the problems arising from interests are the most difficult to solve, and they are also the best to solve.

This is not? Zhao Junchen only showed favor slightly, and many ministers of the DPRK and China were already eager to get closer to Zhao Junchen.

………

Surrounded by a group of courtiers, Zhao Junchen politely coped with everyone's flattery and flattery, while raising his eyes to look around.

Then, he saw that the prince's party had already gathered, and at this time, they were surrounding the left and right of the prince Zhu and Yu, all of whom were discussing something with stern faces. When he saw Zhao Junchen's scenery, he was surprised by Zhao Junchen's abnormal expression, but he also showed disdain and disdain, especially the crown prince Zhu Heyu, looking at Zhao Junchen like the stars and the moon, his face was dark.

Zhao Junchen knows that now the Manchu Dynasty, the most abiding by the rules of the early dynasty is the prince Zhu Heyu and the prince's party.

However, in addition to the crown prince and the prince's party, outside the noon gate at this time, there were very few important ministers in the court, and only Zhou Shangjing, the first assistant of the cabinet, was left.

At this time, Zhou Shangjing was also surrounded by a group of courtiers, but he was much quieter.

And the courtiers gathered around Zhou Shangjing, whether in terms of power or status, are higher and heavier than these courtiers gathered around Zhao Junchen.

In fact, most of these officials of the DPRK and China gathered around Zhao Junchen did not even have the qualifications to speak in the court.

If the prince's party abides by the rules of the early dynasty because of their duty, then Zhou Shangjing can wait outside the noon gate so early because of his cautious style.

In fact, until three years ago, Zhou Shangjing, like the prince's party, came to wait outside the noon gate every day, but in recent years, he was really old, so he postponed the time, but compared with other important ministers of the court, he also arrived much earlier.

Seeing Zhao Junchen looking at his position, Zhou Shangjing's old face was also replaced by a smile, and after nodding to Zhao Junchen, he said something to the ministers around him, and then walked straight towards Zhao Junchen alone.

After seeing Zhou Shangjing's arrival, all the officials around Zhao Junchen quieted down, and bowed to Zhou Shangjing one after another, looking much more respectful than when they treated Zhao Junchen before.

But Zhou Shangjing ignored them, just walked up to Zhao Junchen, and said with a smile: "Zhao Shilang's trip to Lu'an Mansion has been hard, I don't know if I can talk to the old man alone?" ”

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