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Chapter 802: In The Eighteenth Year Of Hongwu, The New Year’S Meeting [Please Subscribe, Please Subs
It was the eighth day of the first lunar month in the eighteenth year of Hongwu, the day before the opening of the great court meeting in the eighteenth year of Hongwu.
To say that the officials of the Hongwu Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty were indeed hard-working, before the thirteenth year of Hongwu, the officials of the Ming Dynasty only had three days of holidays throughout the year, which were the New Year, the Winter Solstice and Zhu Yuanzhang's birthday.
Apart from that, you have to work at other times!
Even if you have something to do, you can only ask for leave, but when the memorial for asking for leave is submitted to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang may not approve it!
Generally speaking, only major events such as weddings and funerals in the homes of officials would be approved by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Even if he is sick at other times, as long as the illness is not serious, the consciousness is not confused, and he can still work, Zhu Yuanzhang may not approve the other party's sick leave.
Most of them encourage the official to hold on a little longer and wait until he is off duty before seeing a doctor, or ask the imperial doctor to come over and treat the official.
If the imperial doctor said that the official had only a minor illness, Zhu Yuanzhang would let the official continue to work.
Only when the imperial doctor said that the official needed to rest and recuperate, would Zhu Yuanzhang approve the official's sick leave.
It can be said that in this regard, Zhu Yuanzhang is more black-hearted than the capitalists in Yan Changqing's previous life, the kind who would be hung on a street lamp as a pendant.
Fortunately, in the past two years, Yan Changqing, as well as Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Gang, Zhu Di and other princes have advised him.
In addition, since the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Fang, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes went to counties and states to serve as officials, they had much less time to spend with Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma.
So when he came back for the New Year, even though Zhu Yuanzhang said he didn't want to, he still wanted to spend more time with them in his heart.
In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang finally agreed to give a group of officials two more days of leave.
Well, it really just took two extra days.
Instead of having only one day off during the Chinese New Year, we now have three days off during the Chinese New Year, so that we can rest from the first day to the third day of the new year.
After this decree was issued, all civil and military officials celebrated!
It makes them even happier than getting promoted and getting rich to find a wife.
Sometimes Yan Changqing feels that the officials of the Hongwu Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty,17 were really punished by Zhu Yuanzhang too harshly.
After the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, it is the day when officials from various ministries return to their posts and release seals.
Then in the three days from the fourth to the sixth day of the new year, each department will discuss, sort out, and improve the new year plan that was made at the end of the year, and then hand it to the son in Tianjin at the beginning of the year.
Let the emperor see if there are any additions, deletions or modifications to the preliminary plans for the new year drawn up by each department. If so, the emperor will generally give his approval on the eighth day of the lunar month.
Finally, on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, it was the official opening of the new year's court meeting, when a group of civil and military officials and the emperor discussed together according to the new year's plan.
The new year's grand meeting is now divided into three different specifications: small, medium and large.
The first type, the Xiao·New Year's Great Court Meeting, refers to the annual New Year's Great Court Meeting held by the civil and military officials of the capital.
Generally, there are only two to two hundred civil and military officials participating in the annual meeting.
Of course, if there are some special circumstances, the New Year's Meeting may be held twice.
For example, the year before last, the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes were not able to come back in time to celebrate the New Year and participate in the opening ceremony. In addition, there were many new and supplementary work contents, so the opening of the seventeenth year of Hongwu was In the end, the imperial meeting was held twice.
The second type, the Mid-year New Year Meeting, refers to the New Year Meeting in which in addition to the civil and military officials of the capital, there are also local officials who come to the capital every three years to report on their work because of the plan.
The number of officials participating in this new year's meeting was very large, including 1,024 local magistrates, 400 prefectures, 100 prefects, 13 provincial chief envoys, and other large and small... There are also a large number of local military commanders.
Finally, coupled with the original civil and military officials in the capital, the total number of officials in total was about 3,000!
The third type, the New Year's Meeting, refers to the New Year's Meeting that happens to be held every three years by local officials. At the same time, this year they also discuss and formulate the new five-year medium and long-term plans.
The New Year's Grand Meeting planned for this year happens to be the third type of New Year's Grand Meeting.
In the Song Mansion, Song Lian, who had just returned from the Ministry of Rites, looked at his old wife Jia and said:
"Madam, tomorrow you will put on your imperial attire and attend the New Year's Eve party with me."
Jia looked at Song Lian in surprise and said:
“Isn’t the New Year’s Meeting the place for you, the civil and military officials, to discuss political affairs?!!”
"Why do you still need a woman like me to participate?!!"
When Song Lian heard this, he shook his head and smiled bitterly:
"I don't know exactly why, but His Majesty's order just came from the palace today, asking all civil and military officials to bring their wives and one of their legitimate or concubine children to attend the New Year's Eve Party together tomorrow."
When he heard this order, he also looked puzzled. He asked the chamberlain who came to deliver the order, but the chamberlain just said he didn't know.
Hearing this, Jia couldn't help but guess:
"Is it possible that His Majesty wants to choose someone from among the concubines and concubines of civil and military officials to be a wife for a certain prince?!!"
This was the only possibility that Jia could think of. If it wasn't to choose a wife for a certain prince or princes, why would they bring both their legitimate and concubine daughters with them.
Song Lian thought for a moment, then shook his head:
"It shouldn't be the case. Although choosing concubines for the princes is a big deal, when it comes to the annual meeting, it's just a trivial matter. It shouldn't be worth mentioning to Nian Yingzheng.
"Not to mention that we are asked to bring my wife, concubine, and concubine to attend the New Year's Eve party together."
Hearing what Song Lian said, Jia couldn't think of any other possibilities, and turned to focus on another point and asked:
"But our daughters are already married, and they are not in the capital. What should we do?!!"
Song Lian smiled gently and said:
"It doesn't matter, His Majesty's decree also states that if you don't have a daughter, or if your daughter is not in the capital, then a legitimate or concubine is acceptable.
"If you don't even have a legitimate granddaughter or a granddaughter, then you don't need to bring her with you. You can just bring your wife."
After hearing Song Lian's explanation, Jia breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"That's good. Let's take Qiongying with us tomorrow."
Although their daughters are all married outside, they happen to have a granddaughter at their knees.
"But it's our first time for Qiongying and I to attend the New Year's Eve party. What if we don't know the etiquette and bump into His Majesty? What will we do?"
You must know that it is the opening ceremony of the new year. In terms of solemnity and solemnity, it can be said to be no less than worshiping ancestors and offering sacrifices to heaven.
She and her granddaughter had never participated in the New Year's Court Meeting before. If they did something unethical at the New Year's Court Meeting, leading to impeachment, or even accidentally bumping into the Emperor, it would be a serious crime. .
Looking at the worried old wife, Song Lian blinked and said in relief:
"Don't worry, have you forgotten that your husband is the Minister of Rites?!!"
Most of the ritual and music system, sacrificial laws, tribute ceremonies from all directions, etc. of the Ming Dynasty were formulated by him.
To be honest, what is etiquette?
What he is talking about is etiquette!!!
Except for Zhu Yuanzhang, no one knows etiquette better than him!!!
As long as Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't speak, whether others violate etiquette depends on what he says.
It can be said that as the Minister of Rites, he holds the final power of interpretation regarding etiquette!
"Furthermore, His Majesty's decree also states that the wife, Qiongying, and the wives and daughters of other civil and military officials will not be punished for being disrespectful.'
"As long as Madam and Qiong Ying keep quiet when they attend the New Year's Meeting tomorrow, the superiors will not answer any questions at other times. If there are questions, just answer them truthfully."
Hearing Song Lian's relief, Jia let go of part of her worries, then frowned and said:
"Although this is the case, we should still try our best to pay attention to what should be paid attention to and where we can pay attention.
"I'll go find Qiong Ying. Please give her a good warning tonight and ask her to try not to behave rudely tomorrow.
After saying that, Jia turned around and walked towards her granddaughter who was playing in the yard.
On the other side, at the Wei Guogong Mansion, Xu Da was also talking about this matter with his wife Xie.
"Tomorrow is the New Year's meeting, so you and Miaoqing can go with me."
"Miaojin is too young, only five years old this year, and is not suitable to participate in the New Year's Eve party.
Xie said worriedly:
"Your Majesty asked all the civil and military officials to bring their wives, one of their legitimate concubines, and one of their concubines to attend the New Year's Celebration."
"If you only bring one daughter, will it lead to impeachment?!!"
Xu Da shook his head and said:
"No problem, His Majesty's decree also states it to prevent young children from being careless and rushing into the court meeting."
"So when all the civil and military officials bring their daughters to attend the New Year's Grand Meeting, they will only bring daughters who are over a thousand years old."
"As for young girls under ten years old, they are not included in this category."
"Moreover, Yihua's child will also participate in the New Year's Eve party as King Yan's wife tomorrow. Aren't these two daughters?!!"
Hearing her husband mention her eldest daughter, a smile appeared on Xie's face.
On the second day of the first lunar month, the eldest daughter also went back to the Duke of Wei's mansion to stay for a day with King Zhu Di of Yan and her fat grandson Zhu Gaochi.
For their mother and daughter, there is only such a short day throughout the year that they can get together.
"Then I'll go find Miaoqing and give her some advice."
Xu Da nodded:
"Well, go ahead."
In addition to Song Lian and Xu Da, the other civil and military officials in the capital also looked puzzled, but they also found their wives and daughters, and then warned them about things to pay attention to at the New Year's Assembly.
On the ninth day of the first lunar month, the opening ceremony of the eighteenth year of Hongwu officially began.
At three o'clock in the morning, all the civil and military officials of the capital, as well as their wives and daughters, had gathered outside the Meridian Gate to wait.
This is also due to the fact that people in this era follow the lifestyle of working at sunrise and resting at sundown. In addition, there is a curfew, so they all rest very early.
Generally, they will rest around 6 or 7 pm, and a few will rest until 7 or 8 pm.
From six o'clock or eight o'clock in the evening, I rest until I get up at one or two o'clock in the morning the next day, which barely guarantees five or six hours to seven or eight hours of rest.
This is also the reason why many civil and military officials were able to get up at three o'clock in the morning to attend the morning court without dying suddenly.
However, compared to the crowds of civil and military officials who have become accustomed to it, the wives and daughters of the civil and military officials who got up so early for the first time to attend the New Year's Day meeting were not in such good spirits, and most of them felt dizzy. , even some young girls couldn’t help but squint and doze off.
Fortunately, they usually have their mothers taking care of them. Once they find that their daughter is dozing off, she immediately rubs a little stimulating and refreshing spice similar to Yan Changqing's Fengyoujing in her previous life to the tip of her nose.
In addition to a large number of civil and military officials from the capital, as well as their wives, daughters, and their families, there were also more than 2,000 local officials who came to report their work and also gathered outside the Meridian Gate.
At five o'clock in the morning, after the drum on the Meridian Gate Tower beat, the palace gate opened, and a total of more than 3,000 officials lined up in sequence.
The team entered and formed a team at Jinshui Bridge Square.
During this process, there should be no whispering, coughing, or spitting in the official team. Moreover, as officials, the steps must be steady and steady.
Be practical.
If you don't pay attention at all, you will be recorded by the picket censor who is responsible for maintaining order and etiquette, and you will be punished according to the law.
Therefore, under such circumstances, the huge team of officials naturally filled the air with a solemn and solemn atmosphere that made people hold their breath and concentrate.
The wives and daughters of civil and military officials, who were attending the New Year's Eve meeting for the first time, couldn't help but feel nervous.
After all the official teams were sorted out, the gates of Fengtian Hall were opened to both sides.
At the same time, a chamberlain stood at the door of Fengtian Hall, holding a golden whip, and threw it heavily to the ground, making a heart-rending "snap" sound, and then sang:
"Xuan, all the civil and military officials from the capital will bring their families into the palace!"
Immediately after the words of the Golden Whip Chamberlain fell, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Industry and other departments, as well as a group of noble marquises, walked in with their wives and daughters.
temple.
After all the civil and military officials from the capital had entered the palace, the Golden Whip servant swung his whip again and sang loudly again:
"Xuan, Shandong promises to announce that local officials from the Political Envoy Department will enter the palace!"
Among the officials belonging to Shandong in Jinshuiqiao Square, the chief envoy of Shandong with the highest official rank should be the leader, followed by the various magistrates in Shandong, followed by the magistrates, and then the county magistrates.
They lined up in a straight line, holding jade tablets in their hands, and entered the hall respectfully.
After all the local officials from Shandong Chengxuan Political Envoy Department entered the palace, the Golden Whip Chamberlain sang again:
"Xuan, Shanxi promises to announce that local officials from the Political Envoy Department will enter the palace!"
This cycle continued until all the local officials from the thirteen provinces entered the palace.
Thanks to the fact that Fengtian Hall is 95 meters long from east to west and 47 meters wide from north to south, the overall area is about 4,465 square meters. Otherwise, these more than 3,000 people might not be able to
Enough to stand up.
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