[Comprehensive History] Clothes are all over the world

To be fair, looking at the entire history, there are only a handful of emperors who can be more diligent than Zhu Yuanzhang.

In terms of political complexity, diligence and workload, the only ones who can compare with him are Qin Shihuang, who does not approve 120 catties of bamboo slips every day and does not sleep, and Emperor Yongzheng, who only sleeps for four hours a day.

In fact, in ancient times, it was not so easy to become a workaholic emperor. According to the Chinese tradition, there were more affairs to be dealt with when the country was founded. They are all helmsmen, as long as they are responsible for controlling the direction of the country, and more affairs are left to the prime minister.

Yes, in fact, the three hardest emperors all played centralization, and thus forced themselves into model workers.

Although Qin Shihuang established the post of prime minister after he ruled the world, he actually didn't trust Lu Buwei and Li Si and his ilk.

As for Yongzheng, in order to reduce the power of the increasingly powerful cabinet and break the ills and collusion passed down from the Kangxi Dynasty, he established an administrative agency called the Military Aircraft Department.

Through the Military Aircraft Department, the emperor's orders could be sent directly to the local feudal officials without the approval of the cabinet, which not only ensured the confidentiality of military orders, but also speeded up the transmission of government orders.

But this operation will inevitably lead to a double increase in the leader's workload, especially this leader has some hobbies that like to use memorials as bbs.

As for Emperor Hongwu, my good fellow, the thousand-year-old prime minister system will be abolished as soon as possible. To govern a territory that is larger than all his predecessors, and to deal with a more complicated international situation, he is alone.Among other things, his diligence can be explained from the fact that he has turned a kind of court meeting that used to express the emperor's diligence into a normal state.

This court meeting refers to the imperial gate listening to politics.

The Yumen Auditorium was a ceremonial court meeting once a year and a half at the former emperor's place.Since the emperor has always been known as the administration on behalf of the heavens, he is the son of heaven, since he is acting on behalf of the heavens, he must report his work situation and work attitude to the boss.

Therefore, sitting at the gate of the palace and holding a meeting under the sun has become the main form of this kind of work report.

Sitting at the gate of the palace means that the emperor accepts news from all over the world; facing the sun means that the emperor's actions are upright and not afraid of God's supervision.

At such times, officials would usually report some innocuous matters, and the emperor would handle them magnanimously or seriously to show how serious his work attitude was and how enlightened his governance was.

But firstly, this kind of ceremony is carried out in an open-air environment, which is more picky about the working environment and weather. Second, speaking in an open place, it is inevitable that some people will not be able to hear the speech clearly, so this is a □□ That's all.

But this kind of sex became the norm when Emperor Hongwu came here.

Emperor Hongwu stipulated that everyone should dress up and come to the gate of the palace for a meeting every day, unless it was a holiday or special circumstances, generally speaking, it would be rain or shine.

What if it rains or snows?It doesn't matter, the government will give you raincoats and hats.

What should I do if I have a bad voice and cannot speak clearly?Don't worry, the craftsmen consciously increased the reverberation ability when building the palace, and you can speak in front of the emperor if you can't hear clearly.

What to do if you get dizzy from too much sun?

Emperor Hongwu stared fiercely.how?I'm basking in the sun, are you more delicate than me?Is it easy to be an officer?

To be honest, this kind of pilgrimage is okay in normal times, but it is really hard to endure in winter, especially when you are caught with pigtails.

The cold winter wind greeted people through the clothes in bursts, and the cold sweat on the body was pierced on the back like a blade in the cold wind, but these were colder than the eyes of the ungodly king.

At this time, Liu Jiayi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, was holding the court wat, and the two sides were fighting. If it weren't for the literati's strength of character, his knees would not be able to support his own weight.

What does it matter to him!Liu Jiayi roared in his heart.

As the Ministry of Rites, the imperial examination is indeed their business, but the task he is responsible for is just the examination part of the imperial examination.Is it within the scope of his authority whether candidates can live in Yingtian Mansion? ?He has just collected all the candidate lists and is still doing registration comparisons!How is it possible to know where these people are and what problems they encountered?

But in front of the boss, can he say that?

If you say that, don't talk about the New Year's ceremony, I'm afraid he will go to prison for his New Year's Eve.

Liu Shangshu swallowed, and was about to speak, but was choked back by Emperor Hongwu's cold sentence: "Do you think this has nothing to do with you?"

"The minister is guilty." Liu Shangshu took a deep breath and knelt down slowly.

"No, judging from your expression, you don't think you are guilty, you think you are implicated, and I am making trouble for no reason." Emperor Hongwu slapped the lion's head roaring fiercely on the throne, and descended the steps, as strong as sunlight His bright yellow uniform rolled down like a golden dark cloud.

"What do you think the imperial examination is? The imperial examination is the public in the world. It is the only way for countless ordinary students to rise up. It is the only thought of one generation or even two generations and three generations." Zhu Yuanzhang approached step by step, and Wu Shayi was the best The two flying dragons with beaded tails on the screen are almost devouring people.

"They withstood all the pressure, studied with all their heart under extremely bad circumstances, and traveled from remote places to come here. Can you imagine that when they came to Yingtian Mansion with a desperate heart, they found that there was no place here?" How did you feel when you welcomed them?"

Emperor Hongwu squatted down in front of him, and the words he spit out were heartbreaking: "All the affordable houses in Yingtian Mansion have all increased in price, which is clearly saying to the students all over the world: We only welcome students who have money at home or who are sponsored by wealthy families, and you are not welcome." These paupers come."

"I haven't read the book, and I haven't taken the exam, but we also know that the exam room is like a battlefield. Those students are all good men. Even if they fail, they are not strong enough. However, the actions of you people are forcing them Be a deserter." Emperor Hongwu suddenly amplified his voice, "Hao Erlang of the Ming Dynasty, but you have to be tortured like this, you broke the bones of these people one by one. If things go on like this, these familiar sage books should think Students who want to help the world and govern the country have to look at money in everything, and think about making money when they are young, can such a person not be greedy after becoming an official?"

"Liu Jiayi, tell me, you are the minister of the Ministry of Rites, do you think you should be in charge of this matter?"

Liu Shangshu's head was covered with cold sweat, he bowed his head, and pressed his forehead to the cold ground covered with snowflakes, silently pleading guilty.

"Okay, get up." Hong Wudi sighed, and slowly passed by him, "You are busy preparing for the exam, so it is understandable that you did not notice the movement of the people, but you must not do it again next time. Since I have entrusted you with the imperial examination , you have to do everything possible to let all the talented people come to Yingtianfu, and take the exam completely, and then compete in a fair and just competition. Rong'."

"I obey the decree." The Minister of Rites stood up tremblingly. He knelt just now, and there was a lot of snow on his knees. Now it was heavily accumulated there, but Liu Shangshu didn't dare to sweep it away at all, so he could only do nothing. He shook his knees slightly, but some of the snow balls had already formed into ice cubes and stuck there, and the slight shaking couldn't help them at all.

Liu Shangshu could only stand among the crowd with the ridiculous two groups on his back. Of course, no one would dare to laugh on this kind of occasion.

On the contrary, Zhu Yuanzhang, who turned his head back unintentionally, was amused by this scene. He stepped forward quickly, bent down and slapped the two ice balls, knocked down the two ice balls, and took a picture of Liu Shangshu, who was showing a look of sincerity and fear. He is more gentle: "You are also an old minister, so I won't say too much if I need to. You know it in your heart. Whether I will punish you this time depends on what solution you can come up with for me."

After intimidating the officials involved, Emperor Hongwu praised the meritorious children who participated in the activity of sending warmth.

Fu Zhong's father, Fu Youde, was not there, but most of the parents of the children who were praised were there.After hearing the praise, the parents said that it is their duty to share the worries for His Majesty, which is nothing, but in fact, each of them has their tails raised to the sky.

Especially several Huaixi generals.

The Huaixi military officer and the Zhedong civil official group have a bit of natural opposition. Many Huaixi military officers grew up with Zhu Yuanzhang when they were young, and then followed him to join the army to accumulate military merits. Most of the Zhedong civil official group are in When enclosing the territory in the later period, I brought it back or defected by myself.

Cough cough, to give an inappropriate analogy, that is the relationship between Zhuma and Tianxiang, plus civil and martial arts are naturally difficult to deal with, and the relationship will naturally not get better.

Although it was not Zhedong or Jiangdong who made the trouble this time, it was almost the same. Hey, the literati themselves made troubles about the literati, and then their generals went to help solve it. Why does it feel so good?

The corners of the mouths of many generals couldn't help but rise.

Emperor Hongwu saw all this in his eyes and refused to comment.

Healthy competition among courtiers is not a bad thing, only competition can make progress, and you and me are troublesome like a pool of stagnant water, which means that the court has no vitality.

Although he had no relevant education, Emperor Hongwu, who had a keen sense of politics, shook his sleeves and walked back to the throne. He took a seat on the throne, waved his hand, and blocked the roaring lion with fierce eyes: "Is there anything else to report?"

On the way down to court, a military officer was puzzled. He took two steps forward and pulled a friend from his hometown: "Why didn't your majesty mention those students? Although our boys were pulled over by the Fu family boy It helped people a little bit, but it was those students who started it after all."

"Not boasting is the biggest boasting." His fellow countryman smiled inscrutably, seeing that this person is not enlightened, he pointed out, "If His Majesty boasted, would you still be curious now? Would you still complain about them?"

The military attache thought for a moment, then shook his head honestly.

"That's right!" The fellow analyzed with a smile, "Besides, don't forget their identities. They are candidates for this year. If they pass, they will be our future colleagues. Think about it, now they I have left a good impression on His Majesty before taking the exam, isn't this already a great reward?"

Makes sense!The military officer was stunned.

Counting the officials in the court hall, counting the officials, there are eight hundred if not one thousand in Beijing, and even more civil and military officials in the whole country. Even if Emperor Hongwu has a good memory, how much can he remember?

In particular, Emperor Hongwu was born in the army, which destined him to be more inclined to pay attention to the generals who went to the battlefield with him. It would be even more difficult for civil servants to be remembered by Emperor Hongwu if they were not amazing talents.

But now, these students have left a good impression on the emperor's heart before they entered the officialdom, which can indeed be regarded as the best reward.

In the era of kingship, to be able to be remembered by the emperor, as long as you have a little strength and don't do stupid things, generally speaking, it is not difficult at all to achieve success and glory.

In fact, these are still explicit benefits.

The military attache's fellow countrymen lowered their eyelids, and the most terrifying thing was recessive.

This candidate sold a good deal to all the poor candidates, and he pulled people to make things happen, and he made it happen.Regardless of whether these students passed the exam or not, he has gained goodwill. The most important thing is that he has left a subconscious mind in the hearts of those people that it is beneficial to follow him to do things. This is extremely important in the officialdom.

The favor and trust of the student days are completely different from the alliances of interests formed by political considerations in the officialdom. Just like their generals, no matter how good the relationship is in the court, it is not as good as after carrying guns and bows together. back colleagues.

This kid, if he does better in the exam, maybe he will be the leader of the new generation, but...

It's a pity, I heard that this kid is from Yunnan, even a military officer like him knows that there are no good teachers in the backcountry of that place.If you don't have a master in your studies, what can you achieve by yourself?

This can be regarded as a common situation, a good hand, but meets a player who is not good at the skill, and in the end it can only be rotten in the hand.But it's not a bad thing for them, anyway, civil and military discord...

The fellow countryman rubbed his chin, and suddenly felt a little quiet around him. He turned his head and found that there was no one around him. I don't know when the general who was walking beside him was already happily pulling the official who also had a son who was praised. He said: "The little scholar is able to do something, and he will be praised by His Majesty for spending such a small amount of money. Let's spend some more money to see if the little scholar can take our family bastard to fly."

Fellow villager: "..."

The fellow countryman stepped forward quickly and kicked the old boy: "You old boy, calm down. This matter has to be discussed in the long run. After all, he is an examinee, and we are court officials. It is not very good to make friends in private."

"Then I'll let my son..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Tian Zi guards trotting over, bypassing the crowd and standing in front of Xu Da, who was walking in the front, bowing and bowing: "Duke Wei, please stay still, Your Majesty invites you to have an audience at the Jinshen Palace. "

Be respectful...

Upon hearing this term, the corners of the mouths of several officials who were closer to Emperor Hongwu twitched slightly.Naturally, Xu Da was also one of those who came close, but as the most tempered of the generals, he just nodded slightly, and after apologizing to his colleagues, he calmly followed.

Compared with other people, Xu Da got a little closer and understood the emperor whom he had known since childhood. For example, he was the only one who could see that there was not much anger in the emperor's thunderous anger during the court meeting today.

But he thought that no matter how much he knew about Emperor Hongwu, he couldn't quite understand what it was that Emperor Hongwu pulled him to stand at the gate of Jinshen Hall facing the palace while blowing cold wind while talking about his grandson's education.

Although Wei Guogong Xu Da is the same age as Zhu Yuanzhang, he got married late, and his son is not very old now, so he has not yet had a grandson, but he already has a grandson...

Oh, by the way, his grandsons are all Zhu Yuanzhang's grandsons.

Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang also realized that it is not kind to talk about grandson's education with a person who has no grandson. He changed the subject and patted his old brother on the shoulder: "God, when will you bring your youngest son here?" Let me take a look?"

Against the backdrop of several red and colorful couplets at the entrance of the palace, Emperor Hongwu smiled kindly: "I remember it was called Zengshou? It's really a good name."

Xu Da opened his mouth, and swallowed the sentence that my son was named after you, which was suspected of mocking Lao Zhu's memory, with a respectful expression on his face.

And when Emperor Hongwu was discussing the issue of early childhood education with his old relatives, Mu Bai also encountered an unexpected situation.

The gate of Xiangshan Bookstore was surrounded by dozens of students in shabby clothes. These weathered students said that they heard that they could stay here, so they came across half of Yingtian Mansion.

"I heard? Who did you listen to?" The students of Xiangshan Bookstore blocked the gate and dared not let anyone in. "We have only stayed here for a few days, and we haven't released any news at all."

"But we really heard about it!" The students outside looked at each other in dismay. "Many people know about it. You can still take a bath here."

Mu Bai frowned suddenly, and the expressions of the students beside him also changed.

"The situation is not right!" one of the students whispered, "We have only been able to take a shower here for two days, how could it spread to the city? And there are so many people coming together..."

"Could these people be bandits who are after us?" Another student raised a possibility.

"It doesn't look like it. This body is that of a scholar. There should be other reasons."

"In short, it's better to be careful, don't let people come in, and we can't accommodate so many people here."

"Open the door first," Mu Bai whispered, "Keeping people out is not a gesture to solve the problem."

"It's just, everyone, if the news has spread as they said, then they won't be the first wave of people."

His premonition came true, and at noon, nearly a hundred students gathered at the gate of Xiangshan Bookstore, all of whom came from the city when they heard that this place could live.

What's more troublesome is that many of these people are carrying luggage. Obviously, they believe in the news that there is a house here.

Regardless of whether those who encouraged them to come here really wanted to share the good news or they were just calculating, according to the current situation, they are clearly on the top of the club, and if they let people go away, I am afraid it will not be good.

"The problem has already occurred, so we can only find a way to solve it first." Mu Bai discussed with several partners, "Hurry up and steam some steamed buns, and take the opportunity of food distribution to register the other party's hometown. If possible, Then ask where their news comes from, whether the source of information is a person or a place, even if it is a passer-by, register which road."

"With so many people mobilized, it's impossible for the opponent to leave no trace. When we find out who the opponent is, it's time for us to fight back." Mu Bai's face was cold and serious.