Morning court is a super hard thing. Not to mention anything else, get up early first. No matter winter and summer, no matter wind or snow, as the emperor, you must get up at around 5 a.m. and go to court at 6 a.m.
During the morning court, the minister must get up at midnight and travel through half a capital to the Meridian Gate. At 3 a.m., the minister arrives outside the Meridian Gate and waits. When the drum on the Meridian Gate Tower rings, the minister must line up; by about 5 a.m.
When the bell rang, the palace gate opened. All officials entered one after another and formed a team in the square. If the officials coughed, spitted or were unstable, they would be recorded by the censor responsible for the inspection and wait for treatment.
Usually, when the emperor arrives at the Golden Palace, all officials kneel and kowtow three times. Only officials of the fourth rank or above have the opportunity to talk to the emperor, ministers report government affairs to the emperor, and the emperor asks questions or responds.
When government affairs are busy, it is very common to correct memorials from various places every day until one or two o'clock in the morning.
Don't think that the emperor is really that easy to be a man.
If you are a diligent emperor who must come to the morning court every day, it will be a very hard work in the long run. It means you must go to bed early every night, and you can't have any singing orioles or stay up late for a long time.
You will definitely not get up the next day.
Therefore, many emperors regard "morning court" as a tiger, and some foolish monarchs do not go to court if they can do their best.
But Tuoba Hong was a diligent emperor. He was ambitious when he ascended the throne, hoping to be a wise king who surpassed his predecessors. He valued morning courts very seriously. Except for holidays or physical discomfort, he rarely absent from work. And in
After moving the capital to Luoyang, due to the busy things, he even had time to pay a visit in the morning to listen to the ministers' reports.
Of course, when the emperor was in the morning, Feng Zhaoyi, who lived in the Standing Hall, could not sleep in forever. She always got up with him, served him dressed, served him breakfast, and watched everything carefully. No matter winter and summer, no matter wind or rain, she never had any.
Neglected.
In her early years, she never felt that this was hard work, but at this moment, she felt tired and lazy.
After experiencing a few years of simple and leisurely life in the Family Temple, she returned to this deep palace. The storm of the morning court alone made her overwhelmed.