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If Zhao Han's descendants follow Daming's example and come up with elephant and leopard houses, then the number of employees in the Imperial City will continue to increase.For example, the elephant room staff are a group of animal breeders, including lions, tigers, elephants, giraffes, and so on. At first, they were auspicious signs brought back from Zheng He's voyages to the West.

All the officials followed the emperor and concubines and entered through Datong gate together.

There are not many such opportunities. Only when there are large-scale activities, such as offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, can officials be lucky enough to enter and exit the Datong Gate.Usually, even if you go to court, you have to go around in a big circle, with many twists and turns, which increases the majesty and mystery of the imperial city psychologically.

All the way through the Meridian Gate and Yingmin Gate (Fengtian Gate), you will come to the square where film and television dramas often appear.

Usually, in the morning court, hundreds of officials lined up here, waiting for the court time to arrive, and then divided into civil and military teams to enter Fengtian Hall.

"Fengtian Hall" was changed to "Jingtian Hall", and the function has not been changed. It is a place for holding court meetings or important gatherings.

"Hua Gai Hall" was changed to "Governing the People Hall", where the emperor reviewed the memorials - the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties liked to work in the Qianqing Palace, and only read memorials related to sacrifices in the Hua Gai Hall.In addition, this is where the emperor rested and napped before going to court.

After the two main halls were renamed, they seemed to have changed all of a sudden, but scholars all over the world must know their origins.

All from "Shangshu"!

"Heaven cannot be trusted, my way is only King Ning Deyan, and the sky cannot be explained by King Wen's orders."

God's favor cannot be relied upon, only by continuing to promote King Wen's benevolent government, the heaven will not take back the mandate that was given to King Wen.

"Strict Gongyin is afraid, the destiny is self-determined, governing the people is only afraid, and dare not be peaceful."

Be respectful and reverent, govern the people according to the mandate of heaven, work hard, and dare not waste it, so that the country can continue.

Changing it to "Jingtian Temple" and "Zhimin Temple" is the meaning of "respecting the sky and protecting the people" conveyed by the "Shangshu".

That is to say: those who are emperors and officials should not feel that the Datong court is destined by heaven.The way of heaven is unpredictable and the destiny of heaven is impermanent. One should be in awe of God and be kind to the people. One must govern the country conscientiously in order to always be favored by the destiny and keep the country safe and peaceful.

Respecting Heaven, Fengtian, the difference between one word, the connotation is very different.

Zhao Han did not change the name of Jinshen Hall in the three main halls.This is the place where the emperor changed his court clothes, the place where the queen and the prince were registered, and it was also the place where the emperor temporarily rested.

Zhao Han took his family straight to the harem, and the female officials and maids also went to their respective places.As for the officials, they were taken to visit the familiar site, and then left through Donghua Gate.

"Father, this place is so big!" Zhao Kuanghuan followed Zhao Han, his eyes rolling around.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "From next summer, you and your younger siblings will study in the schools in the Imperial City. The prodigies from all over the world will be your classmates. Even if you can't compare with those prodigies in knowledge, you must not be discouraged. Because those prodigies , are your future subjects. The better they are, the more talents you can use."

"Oh." Zhao Kuanghuan didn't pay much attention to it, he thought he was very smart and would definitely not lose to the so-called child prodigy.

The concubines moved to the Forbidden City and immediately felt what a harem is.

The emperor has his own Qianqing Palace, and the queen has her own Kunning Palace.The combined area of ​​these two palaces directly accounts for a quarter of all the sleeping palaces, and the queen's status is very obvious.

The empress and concubine took the prince and daughter to their own residences.

Zhao Han stayed in Qianqing Palace to familiarize himself with the environment, and Li Xiangjun asked: "Your Majesty, in the future, will you review memorials in Qianqing Palace or Zhimin Palace (Hua Gai Palace)?"

"The Palace of Governance." Zhao Han didn't want to use the bedroom as an office, so he left after a few minutes of walking anyway.

No need to take a car, just as a walk, you can move your body.

Nowadays, there are not many concubines, and there are not even any concubines.At noon, Zhao Han called the concubine and children, and ran to the inner garden on the west side of the concubine's bedroom. While eating to fill his stomach, Zhao Han enjoyed the scenery of the garden.

They are all southern garden buildings, pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, no matter which concubine can come to play.

As for the Dashan Hall in the Nanjing Imperial Palace in the Ming Dynasty, it was originally a place for the royal worship of Buddha.But I'm sorry, Zhao Han respects Buddha, but he doesn't believe in Buddhism. It was converted into a royal library.

In the library of Wenhua Palace, officials can read it.Only the royal family can read the library here, and collect the rare things that the emperor likes by the way.

Fei Rulan ate and said with a smile: "If you have time in the afternoon, why don't you go to the outer garden together. Let's walk around, don't move in, but only wander around in the harem."

"Good idea." Zhao Han immediately agreed.

The outer garden is outside the Forbidden City and within the Imperial City.

That piece of land was occupied by many dwellings due to the collapse of the city wall.When the Nanjing Imperial City was rebuilt, some illegal residential buildings were cleaned up, and they were given land to build houses by Xuanwu Lake.But there are also many illegal residential buildings, Zhao Han ordered not to disturb them, which directly reduced the size of the imperial city.

The people who were not forced to move out now often feel emotional, saying to everyone: "Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous, protecting the people's residences and shrinking the imperial city. I have never seen such a holy king since ancient times."

After visiting the outer garden in the afternoon, Zhao Han went up to the tower of the imperial city, looked at the shops and private houses outside, and looked back at the palaces inside the imperial city, and finally felt another taste of imperial power.

Lonely and widowed, the heights are extremely cold.

Here is the concentration of the emperor's majesty, and it is also the cage where the emperor is imprisoned.

As the founding emperor himself, he would definitely go out if he wanted to.But the future emperor might not be able to run around casually, at most he would go hunting in the Zijin Mountain, or go out of the city to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth.

Once you run too far, it will definitely cost people and money, and it will be dangerous, and the civil servants will try their best to dissuade them.

Chapter 525 [New type of meeting]

When Yang Guanji took refuge in the new dynasty, his identity was the county magistrate of Changsha.A few years have passed, and he has become the governor of Jinling, the real power mayor of the capital of the third rank.

He was very excited today, got up in the middle of the night, put on a brand new court dress and looked in the mirror.

Before dawn, he paced out the door.

He is also a well-known clean and honest official. He does not bring his entourage to and from get off work, nor does he have his own private sedan chair.Walking all the way to the outside of the imperial city, and walking around the base of the wall for a while, he came to a small gate. After checking the waist card, he was let by the gate guards.

There were quite a few people standing outside the door, all of them were followers of officials, and they were not allowed to enter.

There are also some sedan chairs parked, which are the private sedan chairs of certain officials.

Zhao Han only prohibited slavery, but did not prohibit sitting in sedan chairs, otherwise the bearers would lose their jobs.As long as the official income is legal income, there is nothing wrong with keeping bearers at home. To put it bluntly, they are full-time drivers.

It can be said that there are almost no officials who ride towards the court.

Because all the good horses were taken away by the government to maintain the cavalry, the rest of the people were all bad horses.

Yang Guanji entered from the side of the Meridian Gate and was taken by the female officer to drink tea and rest.

Entering the waiting room, there are already more than 30 people inside, noisy like a vegetable market, and the conversation is extremely excited.

Since the founding of Datong, today is the first time to go to court.

An old Ming minister like Li Banghua must be accustomed to the previous court.But officials like Yang Guanji feel very fresh, and they belong to the vast majority.

"I heard that in the early Ming Dynasty, we had to go out at the fourth watch." The speaker was Chen Liangbi, a household doctor, who took refuge in Guangdong when the Datong Army captured Guangdong.

"More than that, you have to get up in the middle of the night." Anhui official Xuan Guozhu said.This ancestor was a relative of the Yuan Dynasty emperor, and he was also a Semuren with blue eyes. More than 300 years later, except for slightly darker eye sockets, other appearances are no different from Han people.

Wu Zhenyu, an official from Jiangsu, couldn't help but smile and said, "Did we come too early?"

"Hahahaha!"

Many officials laughed.

Everyone was very excited when they went to court for the first time.I was also afraid that getting up too late and missing the court meeting would leave a negative impression on the emperor.

It's only five o'clock in the morning, thirty or forty of them have already come, and the meeting time is eight o'clock.

Yang Guanji found a chair and sat down, sat for a while, feeling sleepy, couldn't help covering his mouth and yawning.He didn't drink tea to relieve his fatigue, but just sat on the chair and fell asleep, deaf to the conversation in the room.

Until [-]:[-], a female official finally came to remind: "All the ministers are waiting inside!"

The ministers lined up by the bridge, and Pang Chunlai stood at the front.

There are not many military officers on duty because they are all fighting on the front line.Even if it is an official of the Ministry of War, it also belongs to the scope of civil servants-generals can be transferred to civil servants of the Ministry of War, provided that all command positions are relieved.

After crossing the bridge, they entered the Yingmin Gate and continued to wait in line at the square in front of the hall.

At about [-]:[-], a master of ceremonies shouted in Jingtian Hall: "All officials, come forward!"

The guards in front of the hall shouted louder: "All officials, step forward!"

There is no three-beating of the whip, but the etiquette and music are reserved.

The ceremonial and music officials played solemn and solemn music, and the cabinet ministers stepped onto Danbi collectively, while the rest of the ministers waited outside Danbi.

Zhao Han came slowly, and sat on the golden throne in the hall.

The official of the Ministry of Rituals looked at the clock next to the emperor's throne, and the minute hand finally pointed to eight o'clock: "The emperor is ascending to the palace!"

"The emperor ascends to the palace!"

"Hundreds of officials enter the palace!"

"Hundreds of officials enter the palace!"

One after another, it quickly spread outside the hall, and the rhythm of the ceremony and music changed again.

The officials discovered that there were actually chairs placed in the hall, and each chair was engraved with an official position.

The frequency of Yang Guanji's court meeting is above average.Because the officials participating in the court meeting, except for special departments, must be at least above the fifth rank, that is, the department-level officials of the central department.

Following the large troops into the hall, no one went to sit, but stood in line solemnly.

On both sides of the main hall, there are ritual and music teams.

Below the side of the emperor's throne is Cao Guan who recorded the court meeting (similar to the Ming Dynasty).Cao Guan also put down his brush at this moment, and stood upright behind the table.

"All the officials salute!" the master of ceremonies shouted.

Yang Guanji and the others had rehearsed a long time ago, and they all bowed their hands together: "Meet Your Majesty!"

Zhao Han said with a smile: "Your honor is free. Give me a seat!"

The master of ceremonies shouted: "All officials take their seats."

The sound of ritual and music became slightly soothing, and the officials sat down one after another.

Li Banghua and Qian Qianyi were filled with emotion, they all lived in the Ming dynasty.You have to kneel down to the emperor, and after kneeling, you have to stand up all the way up.

Now there is no need to kneel down, and everyone has a seat, the sense of dignity lingers all over the body.

Yes, Qian Qianyi is also qualified to go to the court. As a doctor of the Imperial Academy, although he is not allowed to interfere with the government, his rank is relatively high.

Zhao Han sat on the golden throne, condescending, and said to the officials with a smile: "Today is the first court meeting of my court. Meals have been prepared in the imperial dining room. After the court is over, you can have a banquet in the imperial city. You don't have to work in the morning, but I have to work in the afternoon, and each person is limited to one drink."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the banquet!" the officials shouted.

Zhao Han was in a happier mood: "I have nothing to say. The new dynasty was founded. You and my monarchs and ministers will work together to create a prosperous world. If I want to surpass the rule of Zhenguan, can you have confidence?"

"Do your best to assist, even if you die!"

"The minister must do his best!"

"..."

This thing has never been rehearsed, and the officials speak in all kinds of ways.

After a while of noise, Zhao Han patted the handrail, and the master of ceremonies immediately shouted: "Quiet!"

There was a moment of silence, and no one spoke.

Zhao Han said: "I won't talk about business today. Many of you came early, and you must have not eaten yet. Let's have breakfast with me. While eating, talk at the same time. Disperse!"

"Disperse!"

"All the officials respectfully send the emperor down to the palace!"

The officials stood up one after another, bowed their hands, and watched the emperor leave.

It's the first time to go to court, so it's over?

Yang Guanji was a little dumbfounded. He looked at other officials with similar expressions.

The routine court meeting, that is, the morning court, is completely formalistic.The government affairs discussed have also been handled by the cabinet, and they are nothing more than performing in public.

Once it is really discussed in the early court, it means three situations: one is political struggle, the other is reporting work by leapfrogging, and the third is that the emperor is dissatisfied with the cabinet.

Only those temporary court meetings were when the emperor summoned ministers to discuss some difficult and difficult issues.

Zhao Han doesn't like formalism, but he must keep the early dynasty.

If the early court is canceled directly, middle-level officials may never see the emperor for the rest of their lives!

So, what should you do in the morning?

Zhao Han came up with a way to only go to court three times a month to avoid affecting his daily work.Every morning, the emperor would come up with an issue, and the ministers would conduct macro discussions around the issue.The details are basically not discussed, because the details can follow the normal workflow.

After the dynasty was over, Yang Guanji followed the large army and accompanied the emperor to have breakfast.

The place where the emperor gave the banquet was in Xiyuan, the imperial garden west of the Forbidden City.

Yang Guanji looked curiously all the way, and saw many female officials walking around, and all the inner courts were working.Some court ladies are obviously healthy women, who are already in their 40s and [-]s.

Those healthy women belonged to the second batch of conscripted court ladies, mainly engaged in physical work in the imperial city.There is no age limit, as long as you are born innocent and have the ability to do things.After signing a five-year contract, you can leave when it expires, and those who want to stay can also apply for a renewal.

The maids who brought food and wine to the banquet were all girls in their teens.

Zhao Han raised his wine glass and said, "There is only one glass today, please drink slowly."

"Congratulations to His Majesty!"