Zheng Shuang stood on the vertical arch hall and pondered over the styles of the two emperors of Song Zhenzong and Zhu Yuanzhang, and felt that the Japanese scholar Naito Hunan's sentence "There is no China after the two Song Dynasty, and there is no China after Yashan" is too incisive.

The era in which Naito lived was basically from the Meiji era to the Showa era (1866-1934), which was when Japan moved from feudal society to capitalism. From the era of feudal secession to democratic politics to militarism.

During this period, the nascent capitalist state of Japan flourished; However, Japan itself is an island country, and neither the resources, markets, and manpower are enough to support its great power ambitions, but it is catching up with the tail of colonialism; The land that should be occupied in the world has been almost occupied by other powers, so it is natural for the Japanese to set their eyes on China around them.

At this time, China was not a civilized country in the minds of scholars such as Naito Hunan, but was occupied by a group of ignorant and backward barbarians.

The ignorant and backward barbarians mentioned by Naito Hunan naturally refer to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was not a continuation of Chinese civilization; On the contrary, Japan and North Korea inherited the orthodoxy of Chinese clothing.

Zheng Shuang agreed with Naito's argument, but he included the Ming Dynasty in the barbaric ruling dynasty of the Han Chinese.

The forbidden door of the vertical arch hall slowly opened, and the chief eunuch Liu Chengqi stood in front to greet the court; Song Zhenzong has not yet gone to court, and he has a little breakfast in the apse of the vertical arch hall; This was proposed by Liu Eniangniang.

Liu Eniangniang thought that the emperor was drunk yesterday and almost slept all night, during which she also pampered Li Lanhui; got up in the morning and met Yang Yanzhao again, and was later carried to the vertical arch hall by his entourage in a four-seated sedan chair; The tiredness of the body can be imagined, if the emperor is allowed to add some food to pad his stomach to increase some nutrition; Then it would be good for him to relieve his fatigue, and after the meal he would rest a little in the bed in the apse; The spirit will recover better.

Now that the emperor has not come, he must have finished breakfast and is taking a break under Liu E's arrangement.

Zheng Shuang felt a little excited when he thought of Liu E's love and concern for Song Zhenzong.

Many ministers in the court cursed and scolded Liu E for being a goblin, and Prime Minister Kou Zhun was also in the ranks of cursing and abuse; Later generations didn't know that the tendon burst and followed the scolding of Liu E, but from Liu E's concern for Emperor Zhenzong, it can be seen that she pays attention to feelings and kindness; No wonder Emperor Zhenzong did not give up on Liu E, if it weren't for the obstruction of Kou Zhun and other ministers; Liu E is afraid that she has long been the queen of the rightful name!

The relationship between Liu E and Emperor Zhenzong can really be described as a sea of dry rocks and rotten, and the old heart remains unchanged.

The forbidden door of the vertical arch hall slowly opened, and the ministers who participated in the court meeting walked in twos and threes.

The ministers wore winged hats on their heads and court robes of different colors.

Zheng Shuang knew that the inventor of this long-winged hat was the founding emperor Zhao Kuangyin, and he was amazed in his heart.

After Zhao Kuangyin sat on the dragon chair, he was very worried about his colleagues who broke into the world together back then, especially hated the ministers of civil and military affairs who commented on the government in the court.

One day, Zhao Kuangyin went to the morning court, and when he listened to a certain minister's recital, he found that many officials on both sides were whispering and very impolite.

Zhao Kuangyin was a little annoyed in his heart, but he didn't show his face; After retreating from the court, he came up with a way to pass the decree to the subordinate officials to add long wings behind the veil hat on the head, and the long wings were made of iron sheets and bamboo strips as skeletons; The iron wings on each side of a hat are more than a foot long (which will get longer and longer).

This kind of hat must be worn except for official activities in the court and officialdom, and it is not worn on ordinary occasions.

Because it is extremely inconvenient to walk on the street, officials can only talk face-to-face; It is also difficult to sit side by side and talk.

From then on, when the ministers went to court, it was difficult to line up and talk to each other; It affected the seriousness of the court.

Zheng Shuang stared at the long-winged caps on the heads of several officials who walked in, and estimated that the length of the two wings together was one meter, at least.

If you think about it, the distance between one official and another is more than a meter, and it is impossible to grunt and whisper.

It is no wonder that in the Song Dynasty, the ministers were standing facing the emperor, and the wat board in their hands recorded the things they wanted to play on it one by one; Most of them are open-mouthed and outspoken, like Kou Zhun and Bao Zheng.

Ancient Chinese officials wore special official uniforms to sit in the court, which was more than the later civilizations of the 21st century.

In the Song Dynasty, the official uniform was often called the regular uniform, and the different colors on the official uniform were used to distinguish the status and rank of the officials:

The seventh rank or above is green, the ninth rank is cyan, the third rank or above is purple, and the fifth rank or above is vermilion.

Purple robes with goldfish bags above the third grade, and silverfish bags with scarlet robes above the fifth grade; There are no fish bags in green robes below the sixth grade.

The Northern Song Dynasty did not set the rules of the daily early dynasty, and always implemented the 5-day dynasty system; In the hands of Zhao Ji of Song Huizong, the emperor of literature and art was often intoxicated with his own artistic creation, and the rule of the 5-day dynasty was abolished.

If you have something to go out of work, you will start with him if you have nothing to do; Later, Gojong resumed the 5th dynasty.

Xiaozong is a late bloomer and wants to do a career; Morning every day; As a result, even Prime Minister Yu couldn't insist, and Song Xiaozong had to cancel the rule of the morning dynasty every day.

The participation of the hundred officials of the Song Dynasty in the early dynasty seemed free and loose, not as strict and ruthless as the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty founded by Zhu Yuanzhang, all Beijing officials and local officials in the Beijing area who were eligible to participate; When the sky is still dark, you have to wait in front of the palace gate.

The palace gate was slowly opened in the sound of bells and drums, and hundreds of officials entered the palace gate and formed a team in the square in front of the palace; The civil official seat faces east and west, and the military attache seat faces west and east.

The imperial historian in charge of the pickets began to take roll calls, and wrote down the names of officials who fell within the scope of "deceitfulness", such as coughing and spitting, falling to the ground, and walking unsteadily, and waited for the counselor.

When everything was ready, the emperor arrived, sounded the whip, and the hundred officials turned around at the command of the salute officer and kowtowed to the emperor like a ritual; The officials of Honglu Temple sang the names of the retired and sent officials to serve in the provinces, and the people who were sung saluted and thanked the emperor separately.

Then the officials of the fourth rank and above entered the main hall, and the responsible officials of the relevant departments reported to the emperor on government affairs and asked for instructions; The Emperor asks questions or answers as necessary.

This morning show begins at sunrise and ends shortly after sunrise, every day, with rare exceptions.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor started his business; In addition to the early dynasty, there are also noon and evening dynasties.

It was stipulated that there were 185 kinds of events in various ministries of government that the emperor must face the emperor, but the sixth orthodox emperor was only 9 years old when he ascended to the throne; Therefore, the DPRK and China made a new regulation, which was limited to 8 matters in the early stage; It is also required to be served in writing on the day before.

As soon as this example was opened, it gradually became a document in the early dynasty; However, until the end of the 15th century, the early dynasty still had little interruption in this ritual, even if it rained and snowed. It was only because of the emperor's grace that officials were allowed to wear raincoats on their faces, and later issued an edict stipulating that the umbrella entourage of all officials could enter the palace together.

Sometimes the emperor was sympathetic to the old ministers and allowed the old ministers to be exempted from the court; But this is an additional grace that is not easily granted.

This kind of onerous, day-to-day ritual is not only painful for all officials; Even the emperor could not avoid it, because this ritual could not exist without the appearance of the emperor.

The reigning Emperor Hongzhi at that time simply asked the scholars to agree to avoid the day in the tone of a central notice, because there was a fire in the palace that night; Emperor Hongzhi stayed awake all night, in a trance.

After deliberation among the scholars, it was agreed to drop out.

In addition, the death of the emperor's close relatives or ministers must also be mourned for one to three days as a rule.

However, in this nature of dropping out of the dynasty, only the emperor was able to rest; The hundred officials still had to go to the noon gate in person to salute the main hall.

The Ming Dynasty broke this tradition was the tenth generation of Emperor Zhengde, the uncle of Wanli, Zhengde's personality was extremely strong, and he had the duties of the emperor; He rejected the traditional ideas represented by his ministers and had his own views and practices.

During his reign, Zhengde often left Beijing, leaving for months or even as long as a year.

While living in Beijing, he broke the stereotype and set a new precedent; Sometimes the evening court is held late at night, and after the end of the court, a large banquet is held until the whole night.

Naturally, it was difficult for his ministers to cooperate with him in these deviant acts; He also set aside the official responsible officials and favored the officers and eunuchs of his cronies.

The Cabinet, which has the main administrative responsibility, is nothing more than a messenger in his eyes.

All this, most of the ministers thought that the deeds were almost absurd, and in the long run, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Fortunately, Zhengde died in 1521 and had no children; The result of the discussions between the ministers and the empress dowager was to welcome the grandfather of the Wanli Emperor into the throne for the Jiajing Emperor.

As a descendant of the royal family, he occupies the throne as a side branch of the imperial family, which is unprecedented in this dynasty; The ministers took advantage of this opportunity to purge Zhengde's cronies, and several of his worst deeds were executed.

The first 20 years of Jiajing's ascension to the pole can be regarded as dutiful, he liked to read, and personally ruled on the revision of etiquette.

But when he reached middle age, he disappointed his ministers again; He gradually lost interest in holding various rituals, and instead devoted himself to cultivating altars and alchemy; Trying to live forever, he moved out of the Forbidden City and lived in the Palace Garden. Unfortunately, this emperor ruled the Ming Empire for 45 years.

The early dynasty system of the Ming Dynasty was obviously a bit of red tape of its own creation, and it was abolished during the reign of Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty; Emperor Jiajing restored the early dynasty system but did not stick to it, and this kind of change of order cannot be the same as that of the Song Dynasty......

Zheng Shuang was in a reverie, and Liu Chengqi shouted: "The emperor has arrived in ......"